The Agricultural Core/ The Great Plains and Prairies

The Agricultural Core overlaps with the Manufacturing Core.

Some important facts about Maryland:

-About 40 percent of land is used for farming
-Agriculture is the largest commercial industry in the state
- Farmland is located in the north central part of Maryland as well as the upper Eastern Shore
-Department of Agriculture is in charge of marketing, animal industries and consumer services
-Maryland employs 350,000 in the agricultural industry
-The dairy and livestock industries are also very important to the state's agriculture
-Maryland has a variety of topography
-The east of Maryland has sandy dunes
-The west of Maryland has pine groves in the mountains
-Close to the bay there low marshlands
-The Piedmont Region has oak forests
-The state's nickname is America in Miniature





http://www.agclassroom.org/kids/stats/maryland.pdf

The Southern Coastlands

 Some of the specialty crops that are grown in the Southern Coastlands are rice, sugarcane and citrus fruits.  The average growing season in this region is over 10 months. 

Both Maryland and the Southern Coastlands fall under the humid, subtropical climate

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Agriculture in Maryland is part of the state's largest commercial industry.  Some of the top industries in Maryland are poultry, tobacco and fishing.  In addition to these industries, dairy and livestock are equally important.

**Major crops in Maryland
       -soybeans
       -corn
       -wheat
       -hay
       -melons
       -beans
       -tomatoes
       -apples
       -peaches
       -stawberries

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