NEWS &VIEWS You Can Use Maryland’s Union Rags Wins the Belmont
Union Rags, trained by Michael Matz and based at the Fair Hill Training Center in Elk- ton, won the 144th running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes on Saturday June 9 by beating out runner-up Paynter by a neck in the 1 ½ mile event. Phyllis Wyeth owns Union Rags. John Velasquez, winning jockey on Union
Rags, credited the win all to the horse. “Com- ing down the stretch, it wasn’t my intention to come in there, but when the other horse came over and went out next to me, I said, ‘T is is my opportunity to get through on the rail.’ I waited for a hole to open up and I got lucky. T e horse did it all,” he said.
MDA Revamps Proposed Fencing & Manure Management Regs
T e Maryland Department of Agriculture
reports that, on May 22, proposed changes to Maryland’s Nutrient Management Regulations were submitted to the Joint Committee on Ad- ministrative, Executive and Legislative Review (AELR) for review. Readers may remember the brouhaha last summer when the initial version of this pro- posal was released (see “Proposed Changes to Law Onerous to Horse Farm Owners.” “Horse Farm Owners Speak Out, Sec. of Ag. Clari-
fi es,” “T e grassroots uproar (go Equiery readers!) resulted in Gover- nor’s O’Malley pulling the proposed regs,” and “Maryland Farmers Buck Proposed Manure & Fencing Regs” on
equiery.com. MDA went back to the drawing
board, and now, after months of ne- gotiations with various ag-related and other stakeholder groups, the Department has fi nalized its pro- posal for new rules for the use of manure, biosolids and other organic nutrient sources on crop fi elds. T e stated goal of the process is to achieve consistency in the way all sources of nutrients are managed. Once the proposed changes are published in the Maryland Regis- ter, MDA will provide public notice and off er a 45-day public comment period. For a summary of the MDA’s proposed changes that were submitted to AELR, go to
equiery.com. In crafting the nutrient management regu-
lations, Maryland has attempted to consid- ered recommendations of Governor Martin O’Malley’s BayStat Science Panel as well as concerns raised by environmental, agricultural
Comments & MDA Public Meetings T e draft regulations are scheduled for publication in the Maryland Register on June 29, 2012.
To read the proposed regulations online visit the Maryland Register or
equiery.com. Comments may be sent to Jo Mercer, Ed.D., Program Manager, MDA’s Nutrient Manage-
ment Program, Maryland Department of Agriculture, 50 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Annapolis, MD 21401, or email
jo.mercer@
maryland.gov, or fax to (410) 841-5950. Comments will be accepted through August 13, 2012. MDA will hold 4 public meetings in July. All meetings will be held from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00
p.m. For more information, contact the Nutrient Management Program at 410-841-5959. Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Monday, July 23, 2012
Harford Community College Amoss Center
401 T omas Run Road Bel Air, MD 21015
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Washington Co. Agricultural Education Center 7313 Sharpsburg Place Boonsboro, MD 21733
Talbot Community Center 10028 Ocean Gateway Easton, MD 21601
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Calvert County Fairgrounds 140 Calvert Fair Drive
Prince Frederick, MD 20610
Union Rags stretches out to beat Paynter in the 144th Belmont Stakes.
and municipal stakeholders. “T e revised regulations strike a balance be-
tween maximizing water quality benefi ts, ad- dressing the practical needs of implementing requirements in the fi eld, and assuring economic impacts are manageable,” said Agricultural Sec- retary Buddy Hance. “When taken as a whole, the revised regulations will advance agricultural water quality management far beyond any ef- forts existing in other jurisdictions.” T e new regulations are intended to help
Maryland meet nitrogen and phosphorus re- duction goals spelled out in its Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) to protect and re- store the Chesapeake Bay. Once approved, the proposed changes will be included in MDA’s Nutrient Management Manual. According to MDA’s press release, key fea-
tures of the new regulations include: * Beginning July 1, 2016, nutrient applica- tions will be prohibited between November 1 and March 1 for Eastern Shore farmers and between November 15 and March 1 for Western Shore farmers. * Organic nutrients will need to be incorporat- ed into the soil within 48 hours of application. * Farmers will be required to plant cover crops when they use organic nutrient sources in the fall.
* Beginning 2014, farmers will be required to establish a 10 to 35 foot “no fertilizer ap- plication zone” adjacent to surface water and streams.
* Beginning 2014, farmers will be required to protect streams from livestock traffi c by pro- viding fencing or approved alternative best management practices.
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