Important Chicken Growers Meeting Tonight

Meeting Tuesday October 8th 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. "DPI urges growers to submit their written comments and expressions of concern about the new regulation during the official 30 day public comment period. Comments made at the two public meetings are not part of the official record in the regulation adoption process. The Maryland Department of Agriculture has no legal responsibility to pay any attention to comments during those meetings. But, the department must consider public comments submitted during the 30 day comment period. Secretary of Agriculture Buddy Hance has pointed out that during the public comment period early this year on an earlier version of the regulation, there were only seven comments submitted, though some of those comments from agricultural groups like DPI represented thousands of farmers. DPI is asking its members to make sure more than seven comments are submitted during the soon-to-open official 30 day comment period." http://www.dpichicken.org/media/nr_view.cfm?id=483