HAGERSTOWN — The U.S. Agriculture Department is awarding $1.1 million to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and seven partner organizations to help reduce farm-based pollution of the bay. The agency announced the funding this week. It will support about 20 livestock ...

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FREDERICK — Farmers and scientists say stink bugs are back in a big way in Maryland. U.S. Agriculture Department entomologist Tracy Leskey says the population of brown marmorated stink bugs in Frederick County is up 60 percent from a year ...

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A state work group on private laboratories that handle dangerous pathogens is holding its first meeting at the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in Baltimore. Tuesday’s meeting could eventually lead to greater oversight of private labs with so-called bio-containment ...

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HAGERSTOWN — A zoo near Cumberland is fighting a 45-day suspension ordered by the U.S. Agriculture Department for repeated violations of the Animal Welfare Act from 2006 to 2010. Tri-State Zoological Park owner Robert Candy said Wednesday he did nothing ...

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Farmers who want to keep the family farm in the family and in business when the owner dies hope that a new law will do just that for agricultural homesteads in Maryland. The Family Farm Preservation Act signed recently by ...

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Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart is highly partisan, frequently newsworthy and, likely depending on your political views, to be roundly admired or soundly criticized. But Breitbart is credited by all with first reporting the indiscreet tweets of Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y. ...

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Some of the world’s top animal-disease researchers are converging in Baltimore to talk about biological safety. The U.S. Agriculture Department’s International Biosafety and Biocontainment Symposium runs Monday through Wednesday at the Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor. Topics include the challenges of ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The federal government has approved assistance for Maryland farmers who lost 30 percent of their crops or more due to drought this summer. Gov. Martin O’Malley’s administration said Monday the assistance announced late last week includes Farm Service ...

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