Soil Conservation and Water Quality Plans (SCWQP) or Conservation Plans are a valuable tool for farmers and landowners to manage resources and improve profitability. A conservation plan is a working document designed to fit each individual farmer's needs while protecting and conserving their soil and water resources.
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The Talbot Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors is proud to recognize Webb Dulin Jr. of Twin Cedar Farms as our 2023 Cooperator of the Year.
Twin Cedar Farms is a pasture based grazing operation that utilizes best management practices that benefit the health and profitability of the cattle, while also maintaining integrity for our land and soils. Mr. Dulin has worked with the Talbot SCD, MDA and NRCS to design a high quality, highly efficient rotational grazing operation. He has secured funds through our financial assistance programs to install many practices such as fence, pasture and hay planting, pipeline, watering troughs, stream crossings and prescribed grazing.
Twin Cedar Farms was recognized on Oct. 23, 2024 by the Talbot Soil Conservation District, Maryland State Senate, Maryland House of Delegates, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the Maryland Department of Agriculture.
To learn more about Twin Cedar Farms, visit https://www.twincedarfarms.com/.
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Garrett Temples
Gavin Roe has been nominated and approved as our At-Large Board Member by the State Soil Conservation Committee (SSCC).
Maryland Department of Agriculture Recent Hires -
Garrett Temples, Agricultural Resource Conservation Specialist I
George Bradley, Soil Conservation Associate II
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Outgoing Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts (MASCD) president Bruce Yerkes with John Swaine III, newly elected MASCD president for 2023-2025. John was elected by the MASCD membership at the summer meeting held in Cambridge, MD on August 29, 2023. John previously served as the vice-president for the past 4 years. As president, John will be responsible for leading the organization consisting of members from the 24 Soil Conservation Districts. John is the second president elected from Talbot County, the first was Norman Fike, who held the office from 1968-1970.
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During the MASCD summer meeting held in August, 2023, the former FSCAP program (Farm Stewardship Certification Assessment Program) was announced to the membership as Bay Friendly Farms program. Rebranding the program to highlight the importance of good stewardship on farmland in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Farmers can now work with the Districts to certify their operation as “Bay Friendly” and receive recognition on their website, bayfriendlyfarms.com, and with a sign for their farm headquarters. To learn more about the program, visit bayfriendlyfarms.com, or stop in the District.
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Talbot SCD Manager, Shawn Smith, and the 2021 Cooperator of the Year, Ernie Burns, discuss the benefits of restoring wetlands on marginal farmland. To view more Maryland Conservation Spotlights, visit @MdAgDept on YouTube.
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