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Article: Cost-Share Assistance Now Available For Nutrient Management Plans.
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- November 12, 1998
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ANNAPOLIS, Md., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Maryland Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Virts, D.V.M., today announced that cost-share assistance of 50 percent -- up to $3 an acre -- is now available through the Maryland Agricultural Water Quality Cost-Share Program (MACS) to farmers who hire a private, non-government consultant to develop their nutrient management plan.
"We are delighted to have this program up and running in a relatively short period of time," said Dr. Virts.
"We are confident that the availability of cost-share assistance will go a long way toward helping farmers comply with the nutrient management plan requirement of the 1998 Water ...