AQUACULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Restructured as Aquaculture Coordinating Council in June 2005 (Chapter 405, Acts of 2005).
AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT & SEAFOOD MARKETING
Renamed Seafood Marketing and Aquaculture Development Program in June 2005 (Chapter 405, Acts of 2005).
CHESAPEAKE BAY AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
By the Chesapeake Bay Agreement of 1987, states in the Bay region agreed to reduce nutrient runoff from farmland into the Bay. To provide technical support for policy development in the effort to restore Chesapeake Bay, and help evaluate the efficiency of agricultural nutrient reduction practices, Chesapeake Bay Agricultural Programs was formed in 1992 by the Department of Agriculture with the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Under Office of Secretary, functions and budget merged into Office of Resource Conservation in 2000.
DAIRY REGULATORY REVIEW COMMITTEE
Created in July 2005 by Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to review the regulatory oversight of Maryland's dairy industry. Concluded its work in 2006.
DATA SYSTEMS SERVICES
DOMESTIC MARKETING
EGG INSPECTION, GRADING, & GRAIN
GOVERNOR'S AGRICULTURAL FORUM
GRADING SERVICES, EGG INSPECTION, & GRAIN LAWS
MARYLAND WINE & GRAPE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Appointed by Secretary of Agriculture:
Appointed by Senate President: Donald F. Munson
Appointed by House Speaker: Virginia P. Clagett
At the request of the Governor, the Secretary of Agriculture convened the Maryland Wine and Grape Advisory Committee in November 2004. The Committee studied the issues facing Maryland's vineyards and wineries, and identified strategies to support and strengthen the industry. The Committee reported its findings in December 2004, and continued to advise the Secretary on implementing its recommendations until it was superceded by the Governor's Advisory Commission on Maryland Wine and Grape Growing (Chapter 319, Acts of 2005).
MARYLAND WINERY & GRAPE GROWERS' ADVISORY BOARD
OFFICE OF FOOD SAFETY & CONSUMER SERVICES
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
STATE BOARD OF INSPECTION OF HORSE RIDING STABLES
TASK FORCE ON MARYLAND'S DAIRY INDUSTRY
WEED CONTROL SECTION
James E. (Doc) McClellan, Chair
Walter Auman; Robin C. Breeding; Barbara A. Brookmyer, M.D., Jesse Burrall: Boyd Cook; Chuck Fry; Rodney B. Glotfelty; Robert S. Ramsburg; Paul S. Stull; Roger Troxell; James Vona; Jody Vona; Michael Wilcom.
Under Office of Administrative Services, reorganized as Information Technology Services and moved under Office of Secretary in July 2000.
Under Marketing and Agricultural Development, renamed National Marketing in 2005.
Under Office of Marketing, Animal Industries, and Consumer Services, renamed in 1997 as Grading Services, Egg Inspection, and Grain Laws.
Final report, entitled Statewide Plan for Agriculture and Resource Management, submitted to Maryland Agricultural Commission, June 14, 2006.
Under Office of Marketing, Animal Industries, and Consumer Services, renamed Food Quality Assurance in Dec. 2004.
Staff: Theresa A. Brophy (410) 841-5770; e-mail: brophyt@mda.state.md.us
Richard Penna, Chair
J. Scott Angle, Ph.D.; Dennis M. Castleman; Albert Copp; Robert DeFord; R. Dean Kenderdine; S. Patrick McMillan; Robert T. Scott, D.D.S.
Established in 1987, the Maryland Winery and Grape Growers' Advisory Board advised the Secretary of Agriculture on allocation of funds to promote Maryland grape and wine production (Chapter 507, Acts of 1987). The Board last met in 2000.
In March 1997, reorganized as Office of Marketing, Animal Industries, and Consumer Services.
Renamed Communications Office in Sept. 1999.
Renamed Maryland Horse Industry Board, Oct. 1, 1998 (Chapter 416, Acts of 1998).
Authorization for Task Force ended June 30, 1997.
Under Office of Plant Industries and Pest Management, Weed Control Section merged with Plant Protection Section to become Plant Protection and Weed Management Section in June 1997.
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