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By LYNNE HOOT
Executive Director
Maryland Grain Producers
Utilization Board

Part I
What the ethanol market is really doing

Part II
Research has ethanol concerns 
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RURAL RAMBLINGS

By Bruce Hotchkiss

Senior Editor
The Delmarva Farmer

Political correctness aside, long live the ‘queen’!


By Marc Van Pelt

President
American Farm Publications Inc.

Is the pen mightier than the sword?

By George..... Editor columns by
Kevin George

4.29.2008 - Old MacDonald had a farm ... E-I-E-I-Woe

Keeping the farm

5.06.2008 -
By Patricia Paul

Public Affairs Specialist
Natural Resources Conservation Service, Virginia

Farmers invited to sign up for CSP through May 16


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TUESDAY, MAY 6
• Grain Marketing Meeting, 7 a.m., Sportsman’s Inn, Kennedyville, Md., for more information call 410-778-1661.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7
• 3l Show, May 7-9, Great Bend, KS., for more information visit www.3ishow.com.
• Queen Anne’s County High School Spring Banquet, 6 p.m., Queen Anne’s County High School, Centreville, Md., for more information call Susan at 410-758-0500.
SATURDAY, MAY, 10
• Eastern Shore Spring Cattle 4-H/FFA Show, 9 a.m., Queen Anne’s County 4-H Park, Centreville, Md., for more information call 410-758-0166.
TUESDAY, MAY 13
• Queen Anne’s County Grain Marketing Meeting, 6:30 a.m., Tilghman Terrance, Centreville, Md.
THURSDAY, MAY 15
• Pre-sidedress Soil Nitrate Test (PSNT) training, 10 a.m. to noon, Wye Research & Education Center, Queenstown, Md. Must pre-register.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21
• Small Grains and Strawberry Twilight Meeting, 6 p.m., Wye Research & Education Center, Queenstown, Md., rain or shine, for more information call Debbie at 410-827-8056.
THURSDAY, MAY 22
• Organic No-Till Field Day, 2 to 6 p.m., Bill Mason’s Farm in Queen Anne, Md., dinner will be included, to RSVP call 410-758-0166.
FRIDAY, MAY 23
• 2008 Allegany County Fair and AgExpo, May 23-25, Cumberland, Md., for info call 301-729-1200.
SATURDAY, MAY 24
• Pungo Strawberry Festival, May 24-25, Virginia Beach, Va., for more information call 757-721-6001.
TUESDAY, MAY 27
• Queen Anne’s County Grain Marketing Meeting, 6:30 a.m., Tilghman Terrance, Centreville, Md.
SATURDAY, MAY 31
• 4-H Horse Judging/Hyppology Contest, Montgomery County Fairgrounds, Gaithersburg, Md., for more information call 301-596-9478.
• Chesapeake Bay Wine Festival, May 31 to June 1, Terrapin Nature Area, Stevensville, Md.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4
• Cover Crop Meeting- Corsica River Watershed, 4 to 8 p.m., Conquest Beach, Centreville, Md.
MONDAY, JUNE 9
• Dairy Festival, June 9-10, Midland, Va., for more information call 540-439-4806.
TUESDAY, JUNE 10
• Queen Anne’s Grain Marketing Meeting, 6:30 a.m., Tilghman Terrance, Centreville, Md.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11
• Virginia Pork Festival, Emporia, Va., for more information call 800-482-7675.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18
• Virginia Chicken Festival, Hooper Park, Crewe, Va., for more information call 434-645-2442.