Foundation. Programs carried out within the Of-
fice are service oriented, designed to provide assis-
tance and support to the agricultural community
in the areas of marketing, product promotion,
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
services designed to help all segments of the econ-
omy—from producer to consumer—through the
market system. Programs include: market im-
provement projects to improve quality and presen-
tation of agricultural commodities and to enhance
consumer acceptance; international marketing;
market news and statistics 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 (monthly)
Baltimore Retail Food Price Report (weekly)
Maryland Tobacco Report (radio tape—in sea-
son)
Maryland Hay and Straw Directory
Maryland Retail Farmers' Market Directory
Choose <6 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, sees. 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).

Seafood Marketing Services

Vacancy, Program Director

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

Formerly under the Department of Economic
and Community Development, the Office of Sea-
food Marketing was transferred to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture and renamed Seafood Mar-
keting Services in 1987. The office promotes

increased consumption and distribution of Mary-
land seafood. It also seeks efficient methods to re-
duce cost and improve the quality and marketabil-
ity of the product.

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICAL
SERVICE

M. Bruce West, Statistician in Charge

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

The Agricultural Statistical Service, formerly
the Statistical Reporting Service, collects, summa-
rizes, and publishes data relating to the produc-
tion and marketing of agricultural products, agri-
culture prices and income, and other statistics
pertinent to agriculture and agribusiness. These
data refer to acreage, yield, and production of ma-
jor field crops, vegetables, fruits, livestock and
poultry, monthly and seasonal or annual average
prices, farm expenditures, and labor. State statis-
tics generally are available, and for some com-
modities county-level data also are compiled.

The following publications are available:
Maryland Agricultural Statistics (annual sum-
mary)
Weekly Delmarva Broiler Report
Weekly Crop and Weather Report
Maryland Agri-Facts (bi-monthly)

MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL FAIR
BOARD

Chairperson: Robert T. Jarboe, 1989

Philip Brendel, 1989; Joseph C. Free, 1989;
Walter E. Buck III, 1990; Joy G. Schwab, 1990;
William James Kimbles IV, 1990; John W.
Barton, 1991; Frank C. Downey, 1991; Edna M.
White, 1991.

Christine Bloom, Executive Secretary

50 Harry S. Truman Parkway
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 841-5861

The Maryland Agricultural Fair Board was es-
tablished originally as the State Fair Board in
1937 (Chapter 463, Acts of 1937). It received its
present name in 1980 (Chapter 85, Acts of 1980).
The Board encourages and fosters agriculture
through the promotion and assistance of bona fide
agricultural fairs and exhibits. It extends financial
assistance to qualifying organizations for premium
awards to exhibitors of agricultural displays.