Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 09 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Subtitle 12 - DIVISION OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Chapter 09.12.41 - Wage and Hour Law
Section 09.12.41.02 - Agriculture

Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 09.12.41.02

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024

"Agriculture" means work performed by a farmer or on a farm as an incident to or in conjunction with farming operations, such as:

A. The cultivation and tillage of soil, including grading, rock removal, building terraces, irrigation, and fertilization;

B. The production, growing, cultivation, or harvesting of agricultural or horticultural products or commodities;

C. Breeding, fattening, feeding, or the general care of livestock, bees, fur-bearing animals whose fur has marketable value, or poultry, including poultry hatchery operations;

D. Dairying, including:

(1) Caring for and milking of milk-giving animals,

(2) Containing, cooling, and storage of milk when done on the farm, and

(3) Farm-based manufacturing operations directly and closely related to dairying, such as separating cream or making butter;

E. Farming activities on experimental farms or nurseries, or in greenhouses or mushroom cellars; or

F. Duties directly and closely related to farming operations, including the:

(1) Preparation of products or commodities for market, or

(2) Delivery of products or commodities to storage, market, or carriers for transportation to market.

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