Maryland Agricultural Commission, the Consum-
er Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney
General, the Maryland Frozen Food Locker Asso-
ciation, Inc., and the slaughtering and processing
industry. The Secretary of Agriculture designates
an ex officio member (Code Agriculture Article,
sec. 4-105).

OFFICE OF AGRICULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCE
CONSERVATION

Ernest C. Shea, Assistant Secretary

50 Harry S. Truman Parkway
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 841-5770

The Assistant Secretary is responsible for plan-
ning, coordinating, directing, and implementing all
programs and activities of the Office of Agricultur-
al Development and Resource Conservation. Units
within the Office include Marketing Services, Sta-
tistical Reporting Service, Agricultural Fair Board,
State Apple Commission, State Tobacco Authori-
ty, Soil Conservation Committee, Soil Conserva-
tion Administration, Maryland Agricultural Land
Preservation Foundation, State Board of Veteri-
nary Medical Examiners, and State Board of
Inspection of Horse Riding Stables. Most pro-
grams carried out within this Office are service
oriented, designed to provide assistance and sup-
port to the agricultural community in the areas of
marketing, product promotion, soil and water
conservation, land preservation, and agriculturally
related, non-point source pollution.

MARKETING SERVICES

Bradley H. Powers, Chief

50 Harry S. Truman Parkway
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 841-5770

Marketing Services provides programs and ser-
vices designed to help all segments of the economy
through the market system from producer to
consumer. Programs include: market improvement
projects to improve quality and presentation of
agricultural commodities and to enhance consumer
acceptance; international marketing; market news
and statistical reporting services in conjunction
with the U.S. Department of Agriculture; and an
active consumer marketing information program.

The following publications are available:
Feed and Grain Report (weekly)
Baltimore Retail Food Price Report (weekly)

Agriciilture/lS?

Food Market Basket Report (monthly)

Maryland Tobacco Report (radio tape—in
season)

Maryland Hay and Straw Directory
Maryland Retail Farmers' Market Directory
Choose & Cut Christmas Tree Directory

Wholesale Directory—Maryland Christmas Tree
Growers

Pick-Your-Own Fruit and Vegetable Directory

Maryland Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Users
Guide

(Code Agriculture Article, secs. 10-101 through
10-204; 10-501 through 10-504; 10-601
through 10-606; 10-701 through 10-708;
10-801 through 10-807; 10-901 through
10-909).

STATISTICAL REPORTING SERVICE

M. Bruce West, Statistician in Charge

50 Harry S. Truman Parkway
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 841-5740

The Statistical Reporting Service collects, sum-
marizes, and publishes data series relating to the
production and marketing of agricultural products,
agriculture prices and income, and other statistics
pertinent to agriculture and agribusiness. These
data include series on the acreage, yield, and
production of major field crops, vegetables, fruits,
livestock and poultry, monthly and seasonal or
annual average prices, farm expenditures, and
labor. State statistics generally are available, and
for some commodities county-level data also are
compiled.

The following publications are available:

Maryland Agriculture Statistics (annual
summary)

Weekly Delmarva Broiler Report
Weekly Crop and Weather Report
Maryland Agri-Facts (bi-monthly)

MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL FAIR
BOARD

Chairperson: Robert T. Jarboe, 1989