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Maryland Poultry Educational Programs Jennifer TimmonsExtension Specialist - Poultry

Jenny Rhodes Extension Educator, Ag & Natural Resources

Richard NottinghamExtension Educator, Ag & Natural Resources

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Meetings/Workshops

Quarterly North Area (Queen Anne’s Co.)South Area (Somerset County)

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Meeting TopicsEnergy EfficiencyManure Building Fire PreventionNutrient ManagementLitter ManagementRegulations – CAFODisease PreventionVentilationDisaster PreparednessEtc.

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New Grower TrainingRequirement for New Growers to meetEPA CAFO New Source Performance Standards• 8 Hour Training

•UME wrote curriculum •Collaborators•MDA, NRCS, DPI, MDE

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Fact Sheets FS 849 Common “Energy Hogs” of a

Poultry HouseFS 820 Preventing Fires in Manure

Storage StructureFS 921 Concentrated Animal Feeding

Operations Guidelines

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Bulletin

Broiler Production Management for Potential and Existing Growers

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Maryland Poultry Websitewww.mdchick.umd.edu

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Questions Jenny Rhodes, jrhodes@umd.edu, 410-758-0166Jennifer Timmons, mdchick@umd.edu, 410-742-1178 Richard Nottingham, jnotting@umd.edu, 410-651-1350