Crops, Farm Animals & Nursery

Whether you’re a farmer, greenhouse grower, horse breeder, or just someone with an interest in Maryland agriculture, you’ve come to the right place. The University of Maryland Extension has educational programs, applied research projects, and lots of information just for you. Check out the links below to learn more.

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Crops

Aronia: An old crop, new for Maryland
A new alternative crop is being studied by University of Maryland Extension for organic fruit production.
Maryland Organic Vegetables
Maryland Vegetables
Maryland Vegetable Growers
Vegetable Disease Forecasting
This site provides watermelon and muskmelon foliar disease forecasting for Delaware and Maryland through the Melcast forecasting program. Melcast for watermelon has been validated in more then 12 trials in Maryland and Delaware over six years. Current forecasts are generated during the watermelon and muskmelon growing season in 5 locations that represent the commercial production in Maryland and Delaware. Additional resources on vegetables diseases are available.
Integrated Pest Management
Environmentaly friendly programs to reduce the use of pesticide while maintaining crop yields and productivity.
Grain Marketing
This site is useful to both students, grain producers and those involved in the business of commodity marketing and risk management. The website includes historical prices, upcoming workshops and helpful grain marketing links.
Maryland Forages Program
Contains UME publications dealing with how to evaluate hay quality, anti-quality components of forages which can cause animal disorders, establishment, management and harvest of hay crops and pasture, hay marketing, and links to other forage websites.
Cropping Systems Research and Extension Page
This web page is a source of information regarding variety performance for corn, soybean and small grain crops for Maryland. In addition, the site has links to information about production practices for these crops.
Viticulture and Fruit
Included on this web page are: links to Extension offices, articles written by Dr. Fiola, associations, calendar of events, and newsletters all related to the fruit industry and fruit growing.
Maryland Weed Science
Upcoming information about current weed science research programs and field tour results, in addition to information on how to obtain results books. Peruse the "Maryland Weed Reporter" for timely information new products and product changes.
Will Corn Get Us Off the Hook?
Frequently asked questions about ethanol produced from corn.

Livestock & Animals

Maryland Poultry
Small Flock Growers
Interested in owning a small flock? Do you already have a small flock? Maintaining good management and biosecurity practices will help you produce a healthy, productive flock.
Maryland Small Ruminant Page
This web site provides information to sheep and goat producers and anyone else interested in sheep and goat production. The site consists of original documents and images as well as a comprehensive list of links pertaining to small ruminants.
Dairy-L Email Community
Dairy-L is a 'virtual community' of dairy production professionals. The pioneering community on the Internet, Dairy-L continues to be the premiere information sharing community in agriculture, with over 3,000 subscribers from over 50 countries.
SheepGoatMarketing.info
The Northeast Sheep and Goat Marketing Program is intended to build regional capacity to supply the growing consumer demand for high quality sheep and goat meat. The web site provides information about the ethnic/religious markets for lamb and goat.
Mid-Atlantic Nutrition Conference
The program is focused on poultry, dairy, and equine nutrition. Regulatory issues and future opportunities are discussed.
Poultry Behavior and Welfare Program
This site provides various links regarding poultry behavior issues and welfare program.
Equine Studies; Extension & Outreach
University of Maryland Extension (UME) has many excellent educational opportunities to help members of our expanding horse industry to improve the care and performance of their horses. Check out our exciting equine educational programs below or look up the information of one of our UME faculty who can help answer your horse questions.

Nursery

NurseryWeb
NurseryWeb is an Information Portal for the Nursery and Greenhouse Industries in Maryland, with links to Water and Nutrient Management, IPMNET and Tospovirus, and Research, Extension and Teaching programs in these areas at the University of Maryland.

Nutrient Management

Ag Nutrient Management
The University of Maryland Extension's Agricultural Nutrient Management Program focuses on reducing the pollution of the Chesapeake Bay by plant nutrients from cropland.
Nutrient Management for Maryland: Professional Edition
The latest information about the NuManMD software and any updates or software patches may be found here. Announcements and instructions will be posted in this main text frame, while links to updates or patches will be posted in the frame to the left.
Maryland Nutrient Resources Network
These pages are provided to help farmers, scientists, teachers, students, policy makers and other citizens understand methods of improving animal production systems to reduce nutrient losses to water and air resources.

Farming Resources

Annie's Project
Small Farm Institute
At the Small Farm Institute, we develop sustainable agricultural technologies and offer research, educational, and outreach programs in all areas of agriculture including specialty/ethnic crops, intensive hydroponic production, farm management and marketing.
Center for Agro Security and Emergency Management
CAEM is a collaborative effort between AGNR and the MDA to coordinate communication and education efforts for the agricultural community to insure the agricultural and food security of the state and the nation.
Maryland Sustainable Agriculture
Maryland Rural Enterprise Development Center
A one-stop-shop for the latest and most successful business development innovations and support for Maryland's agriculture and natural resources enterprises. If you are currently, or would like to be, an agricultural/natural resources entrepreneur, we invite you to explore this site.
MarylandAgriculture.info
If it's related to Maryland agriculture, you can find it here!

General Resources

Crops, Farm Animals & Nursery Publications

For more information, contact Andrew Lazur

Last updated: 12/14/2010

GIEI White House
Not your typical Extension event...Grow It Eat It invited to educate White House visitors at the 134th Annual Easter Egg Roll! - posted Apr 27, 2012

President Loh promotes Grow It Eat It
UM President Wallace Loh embraces the Land Grant Mission - posted Oct 28, 2011

MosquitoControl
Mike Raupp, "The Bug Guy" for the University of Maryland Extension, joins us once more to show how to take a bite out of mosquitoes! By using the right clothing, cleaning out standing water and other techniques, you too can keep your mosquito population down and your house pest free. - posted Oct 12, 2011

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