DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

DEFUNCT AGENCIES

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.

DATA SYSTEMS SERVICES
Under Office of Administrative Services, reorganized as Information Technology Services and moved under Office of Secretary in July 2000.

EGG INSPECTION, GRADING, & GRAIN
Under Office of Marketing, Animal Industries, and Consumer Services, renamed in 1997 as Grading Services, Egg Inspection, and Grain Laws.

MARYLAND WINERY & GRAPE GROWERS' ADVISORY BOARD
Last met in 2000.

OFFICE OF FOOD SAFETY & CONSUMER SERVICES
In March 1997, reorganized as Office of Marketing, Animal Industries, and Consumer Services.

PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
Renamed Communications Office in Sept. 1999.

STATE BOARD OF INSPECTION OF HORSE RIDING STABLES
Renamed Maryland Horse Industry Board, effective Oct. 1, 1998 (Chapter 416, Acts of 1998).

TASK FORCE ON MARYLAND'S DAIRY INDUSTRY
Authorization for Task Force ended June 30, 1997.

WEED CONTROL SECTION
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.