Archive for August, 2012
MDA responds to angry horse farmers
An Open Letter Equiery readers & Maryland horse farm owners regarding proposed changes to Maryland’s Nutrient Management Plan Requirements by Royden N. Powell, III, Assistant Secretary, Resource Conservation
Farmers are angry
An Open Letter to the Maryland Secretary of Agriculture by Patricia A. Langenfelder, president of the Maryland Farm Bureau
Spreading the manure & stream fencing: will Maryland horse farm owners become outlaws?
Is MDA hastening the demise of agriculture (and the horse industry) in Maryland?
Teen stall mucker gets $274,000 verdict; barn worker should have been considered an employee, not a contractor
This article, written by Daily Record Legal Affairs writer Ben Book, first appeared in the Daily Record on July 8, 2012 and is reprinted here with permission. A Washington County jury has backed a teenage horse farm worker’s argument that when she was injured on the job, she was an employee and not a contract [...]
Suzanne Stettinius: An Official Olympian
Well, it is official! Suzanne Stettinius (pictured on the right with her U.S. Modern Pentathlon teammates) of Parkton can forever add the word “Olympian” next to her name. The 24-year-old just completed her first Olympic Games on August 12 in London in the woman’s Modern Pentathlon. The event has competitors running, swimming, fencing, riding and [...]
Governor appoints Boniface to represent horse industry on Ag Commission
Bill Boniface has been appointed by Governor Martin O’Malley to serve as one of the five new members to the Maryland Agricultural Commission, an advisory body comprised of representatives from different commodity groups who provide the Agriculture Secretary with information and recommendations on policies and issues facing the agriculture industry. Members serve three-year terms and [...]
