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Mission Statement

The Office of Agriculture (OAG) was created in July 2016 and exists to promote agriculture as a viable component of the County's economic sector, as well as to preserve farmland as a resource for future agricultural production. The goal of the OAG is to promote Montgomery County as a leader in the agricultural industry by providing support to our farm community and working to educate our residents.

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Budget Overview

The total recommended FY25 Operating Budget for the Office of Agriculture is $1,455,952, an increase of $95,610 or 7.03 percent from the FY24 Approved Budget of $1,360,342. Personnel Costs comprise 62.31 percent of the budget for ten full-time position(s) and no part-time position(s), and a total of 5.90 FTEs. Total FTEs may include seasonal or temporary positions and may also reflect workforce charged to or from other departments or funds. Operating Expenses account for the remaining 37.69 percent of the FY25 budget.

County Priority Outcomes

While this program area supports all eight of the County Result Areas, the following are emphasized:

  • Thriving Youth and Families
  • A Growing Economy
  • A Greener County

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Innovations and Productivity Improvements

  • The OAG is partnering with the County's Business Center to participate in the procurement of a customer relationship management (CRM) system in the hopes of having a more efficient way to track and report its work.

  • The OAG is currently working with the Department of Technology and Enterprise Business Solutions to update/convert its forms and applications from PDF documents to seamless docs that can be completed and submitted online.

  • The OAG is partnering with the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and the University of Maryland Extension Master Gardner Program on the installation of a Composting Education Hub that will be used to train gardeners and farmers on how to properly compost food scraps.

Program Descriptions

  Agricultural Services

The Office of Agriculture (OAG) serves in a variety of capacities to provide the following services: implement agricultural policies and programs; provide financial and technical assistance to farmers; manage agricultural education programs; provide financial and staff support to its partner agencies; serve as a liaison between the Executive Branch and...

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  Soil Conservation

This program is comprised of staff and other resources from Federal, State, and local agricultural agencies. It provides technical and outreach educational assistance to farmers/rural landowners for implementing best management and conservation practices. The Montgomery Soil Conservation District (MSCD) assists the County to achieve the nationally mandated, state-assigned, Rural MS4...

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  University of Maryland-Extension (UMD-Extention)

The Montgomery County Extension Office serves as the non-formal outreach and education arm of the University of Maryland. This agency is funded cooperatively through local, State, and Federal governments to make nonformal education accessible to all Montgomery County residents. Adults, families, and youth are the primary audiences Extension programs serve...

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Program Contacts

Contact Jacqueline Arnold of the Office of Agriculture at 301.590.2859 or Natasha Joseph-Wilkerson of the Office of Management and Budget at 240.773.0052 for more information regarding this department's operating budget.

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Budget Summary
TitleActual
FY23
Budget
FY24
Estimate
FY24
Recommended
FY25
%Chg
Bud/Rec
COUNTY GENERAL FUND
EXPENDITURES
Salaries and Wages459077.00688198.00 677745.00 715014.003.9
Employee Benefits130427.00177676.00 185075.00 192254.008.2
County General Fund Personnel Costs589504.00865874.00 862820.00 907268.004.8
Operating Expenses330147.00494468.00 494456.00 548684.0011.0
County General Fund Expenditures919651.001360342.00 1357276.00 1455952.007.0
PERSONNEL
Full-Time10.0010.00 10.00 10.000.0
Part-Time1.000.00 0.00 0.000.0
FTEs5.155.90 5.90 5.900.0
REVENUES
Other Intergovernmental107572.0063064.00 63064.00 63064.000.0
Miscellaneous Revenues10632.000.00 0.00 0.000.0
County General Fund Revenues118204.0063064.00 63064.00 63064.000.0
 
GRANT FUND - MCG
EXPENDITURES
Salaries and Wages0.000.00 0.00 0.000.0
Employee Benefits0.000.00 0.00 0.000.0
Grant Fund - MCG Personnel Costs0.000.00 0.00 0.000.0
Grant Fund - MCG Expenditures0.000.00 0.00 0.000.0
PERSONNEL
Full-Time0.000.00 0.00 0.000.0
Part-Time0.000.00 0.00 0.000.0
FTEs0.000.00 0.00 0.000.0
Grant Fund - MCG Revenues0.000.00 0.00 0.000.0
 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS
Total Expenditures919651.001360342.00 1357276.00 1455952.007.0
Total Full-Time Positions10.0010.00 10.00 10.000.0
Total Part-Time Positions1.000.00 0.00 0.000.0
Total FTEs5.155.90 5.90 5.900.0
Total Revenues118204.0063064.00 63064.00 63064.000.0
FY25 Recommended Changes
TitleExpendituresFTEs
COUNTY GENERAL FUND
FY24 ORIGINAL APPROPRIATION13603425.90
Other Adjustments (with no service impacts)
Increase Cost: FY25 Compensation Adjustment324930.00
Shift: Weed Control from the Department of Transportation to the Office of Agriculture [Agricultural Services]320000.00
Increase Cost: Annualization of FY24 Compensation Increases310530.00
Increase Cost: University of Maryland Extension Annualization Process [University of Maryland-Extension (UMD-Extention)]167810.00
Increase Cost: Annualization of FY24 Personnel Costs144340.00
Increase Cost: Three Percent Inflationary Adjustment to Non-Profit Service Provider Contracts [Agricultural Services]35400.00
Increase Cost: Motor Pool Adjustment17840.00
Increase Cost: Printing and Mail1110.00
Decrease Cost: Retirement Adjustment-39930.00
Decrease Cost: Turnover Savings [Agricultural Services]-325930.00
FY25 RECOMMENDED14559525.90
Program Summary
Program NameFY24 APPR
Expenditures
FY24 APPR
FTEs
FY25 REC
Expenditures
FY25 REC
FTEs
Agricultural Services9316505.009957365.00
Soil Conservation1728030.901875460.90
University of Maryland-Extension (UMD-Extention)2558890.002726700.00
Total13603425.9014559525.90
Charges to Other Departments
Charged DepartmentCharged FundFY24
Total$
FY24
FTES
FY25
Total$
FY25
FTES
COUNTY GENERAL FUND
CIPCapital Fund1283971.001376461.00
Environmental ProtectionWater Quality Protection5074823.105879733.10
Total6358794.107256194.10
Funding Parameter Items ($000s)
TitleFY25FY26FY27FY28FY29FY30
COUNTY GENERAL FUND
EXPENDITURES
FY25 Recommended1456.0000001456.0000001456.0000001456.0000001456.0000001456.000000
No inflation or compensation change is included in outyear projections.
Labor Contracts0.00000013.00000013.00000013.00000013.00000013.000000
These figures represent the estimated annualized cost of general wage adjustments, service increments, and other negotiated items.
Subtotal Expenditures1456.0000001469.0000001469.0000001469.0000001469.0000001469.000000