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The Poultry Litter Management Act would make large chicken companies,
ReplyDeleteor integrators, legally responsible for the manure or “litter” their birds
generate and give contract farmers the right to refuse this waste.
Why shouldn't the contract farmers have the right to refuse the waste if they want to? As it stands now tax payers are footing the bill for it. Not that they would ever refuse it because then it stands to reason they would get black balled by the companies. But what I don't understand at all is the contract farmers claim they make a good living out of chickens but then say they need tax payer money for a lot of what they need to raise chickens.
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ReplyDeleteit's the governments fault for having nothing but brain dead idiots trying to squirm their way into private enterprise every chance they get.
you've got these over educated environmental wackos with huge sacks of our tax dollars offering it up to growers for the most insane reasons you could imagine.
and yes, there are many growers who take the free money. I personally would never do it, but then again, i compete with some of these people too. Why shouldn't i partake in these retarded handouts?
it's always the fools in the public sector that couldn't get a real job in the real world who push all of this waste.
you want this garbage to cease? eliminate all of these government regulatory agencies and their minions from having anything to do with our ag industry.
keep USDA inspection, everything else is worthless overkill.
607, When farmers are already taking care of their fertilizer and regulators are pounding our locals while millions of gallons of raw sewage from the West, and dirt from the Conowingo is killing the Bay, The train is definitely off the track.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure people understand the Conowingo Dam (and the other 2 lessor known dams) on the Susquehanna River. The dam traps phosphorus (approx 40%) and sediment (approx 70%) about about 2% of the nitrogen coming from PA and NY and keeps it from entering the water. The Conowingo has reduced the pollutants entering the Bay. It's not producing pollutants.
ReplyDeleteWhat you hear about pollution/the Bay and The Conowingo is the sediment storage capacity of the reservoir is declining and approx every 4 to 5 yrs when a big storm occurs, the flow through the dam is high and sediments are scoured from the reservoir and into the river below.
The owner and operator of the Conowingo is Exelon. They spend millions on controlling pollutants they aren't creating to get re licensed to be able to operate the dam.
Steve, copied from another post on this topic. To say that "farmers are already taking care of their fertilizer" is a bit disingenuous. While they might be physically taking care of it a big portion of the expense of taking care of it is tax payer funded.
ReplyDelete"Here is a partial list of what the taxpayers pay for.
Cover crops to try to remove excess nutrients.
Manure sheds.
Concrete pads.
Composters to dispose of the dead chickens.
Nutrient management plans.
New chicken house equipment such as heaters, fans, insulation, light bulbs, attic vents, tunnel doors and more.
Poultry Litter ammendments.
I was in a Perdue grower meeting where the Salisbury complex growout manager was informing and encouraging all the growers to get signed up for all this taxpayer provided goodies."
The country is in a huge mess because of all the government handouts. A lot of times it's done as in the case of grants, because it gives the appearance of job creation or some other illusion. For instance grants for concrete pads gives people in the concrete business jobs.
ReplyDeleteIt's all done to make politicians look good.