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Maryland Department of Agriculture

Maryland Agricultural Fair Board

About the Maryland Agricultural Fair Board 

Vision & mission 

The Maryland Agricultural Fair Board fosters agriculture by promoting and assisting agricultural fairs and exhibits through giving financial aid to qualifying organizations for premium awards to exhibitors of agricultural displays. Additionally, the Board issues the Maryland Fair & Show Schedule annually.

Fairs & Shows

County fairs in Maryland are held in the months of July, August, September, and October. 

Each year, the Maryland State Fair is held at Timonium in Baltimore County and runs eleven days ending on Labor Day. 

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Board members

The Board's nine members are appointed by the Governor with the advice of the Secretary of Agriculture to five-year terms (Code Agriculture Article, secs. 10-301 through 10-303).

​Name ​County ​​Region
​​Dawn Stiles, chair​Washington County​Western​
​​Becky Stern, vice chair​Carroll County​Central- Carroll
​Annette Braun​St. Mary's County​Southern
​Linda Brown​Talbot County​Mid-Upper Shore​
​Mary Amoss​​Baltimore County​Northeast
​Dr. Stacy Eckles​Anne Arundel County​Central-Howard
​John Murphy​Frederick County​Central-Frederick
​Brittany Nottingham​Wicomico County​Lower Shore
​​Carl Hobbs​Montgomery County​Central-Montgomery
​Harrison Palmer, chief of staff​​

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