Maryland Cover Crop Cost-Share Financials by County, 1984-2017

Maryland's cost-share data for cover crop implementation spans 34 state fiscal years from 1984 to 2017. The dataset is provided by the State of Maryland and was last updated on the platform in March 2026. It likely contains financial records aggregated by county.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in agricultural subsidy allocation based on state fiscal year
• Modeling regional adoption of sustainable farming practices based on county-level data
• Evaluating the financial impact of cover crop programs over a multi-decade period

Strengths

• Covers a 34-year time range from 1984 to 2017
• Provides data at the county level, allowing for regional analysis
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV and JSON

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

State of Maryland

Collection Method

Likely administrative records from a state agricultural cost-share program.

Time Range

State fiscal years 1984-2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-15 02:20:15.947008; freshness should be verified

Geography

Maryland, United States, by county