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The Miss Maryland Agriculture Program (MMAP) has been a feature of the Maryland State Fair since the 1930s. The name of the contest has changed several times throughout the decades. When it began, the winner received the title Miss Timonium Fair, but winners have also been given the title of Farm Queen, and now the winner receives the title of ...
Slavery and indentured servitude were critical elements of the development of colonial agriculture in Maryland. The first documented Africans were brought to Maryland in 1642, as 13 slaves at St. Mary's City, the first English settlement in the Province. [1] Slave labor made possible the export-driven plantation economy.
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is a government agency in the state of Maryland charged with maintaining natural resources including state parks, public lands, state forests, state waterways, wildlife, and recreation areas. Its headquarters are in Annapolis.
The following list, derived from the statistics of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), lists the most valuable agricultural products produced by the countries of the world. [1] The data in this article, unless otherwise noted, was reported for 2016.
So this year, the whitetail rut of 2024 should unfold as it did in 2005, 1986 and 1967, the 19-year increments. Whitetails, and actually other “short-day breeders” like sheep and other ...
About one half of the county's farm land was converted to non-farm ownership by the 1960s. [2]: 12 The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission noted a loss of 18,768 acres (75.95 km 2) acres of farm land over an 8-year period in the 1970s, an average of 2,346 acres/year. [2]: 14
The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) is a state agency of Maryland. Its headquarters are in the Parole census-designated place in unincorporated Anne Arundel County, near Annapolis. [1] [2] The Department was established in 1972. [3] As of 2023, the Secretary of the department is Kevin Atticks, appointed by Governor Wes Moore. [4]
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