Use this area to offer a short preview of your email's content. View this email in your browser Good morning, we've had a victory in our efforts to support Maryland farmers against egregious attacks from Gov' O'Malley's radical environmental agenda.



The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) was attempting to implement a new regulation called "PMT" - Phosphorus Management Tool, which would have required farmers to dramatically change their process for storing, distributing, and handling manure used for fertilizer. Already, farmers follow a very stringent code for manure use. This change would have been devastating economically and could have caused many family farms to have to go out of business.



The Maryland Farm Bureau and several rural legislators, including Senator Joe Getty, Sen. David Brinkley, and myself raised



Thankfully, the MDA responded to the outcry of our agriculture community and withdrew the regulations. This is a victory for our farmers and rural counties like Carroll in particular whose economy is heavily impacted by agriculture.



We do expect that MDA will come back with similar regulations in the future, perhaps as early as next year, so it will be important to have legislators who understand what's at stake to stay on top of this and work in Annapolis to stop this kind of overreach from occurring in the future.



I've often thought that Liberal Democrats are very two-faced when it comes to agriculture and the environment. They say that want more "open space" and tout the need for buying locally grown and organic products but they seek to punish the very people who help make that all happen - our farmers. It seems like the only farming they want is people growing a few vegetables in the back yard!



When we stand up for our farmers we are standing up the ultimate "good stewards" of our environment. They provide food for us and hungry people around the world. We're also standing up for what is still one of Maryland's largest industries - and we need more of those kind of jobs - not less .



I hope you'll join me in thanking farmers for their hard work in a very tough state to do business in. We'll stay vigilant in watching out for them and opposing unnecessary regulations that do little or nothing to help our environment but would be destructive to farms, small businesses, and our economy.



As always, I'm happy to hear from you anytime.



Sincerely,



Justin Ready

State Delegate

www.JustinReady.com In Maryland, we have certainly get our share of bad news. Often I'm writing you telling you about the next battle we conservatives have to fight. However, I'm glad to report thatin our efforts to support Maryland farmers against egregious attacks fromradical environmental agenda.The(MDA) was attempting to implement a new regulation called- Phosphorus Management Tool, which would have required farmers to dramatically change their process for storing, distributing, and handling manure used for fertilizer. Already, farmers follow a very stringent code for manure use. This change would have been devastating economically and could have caused many family farms to have to go out of business.Theand several rural legislators, including, and myself raised strong public objections to these regulations.Thankfully, the MDA responded to the outcry of our agriculture community and withdrew the regulations.for our farmers and rural counties like Carroll in particular whose economy is heavily impacted by agriculture.We do expect that MDA will come back with similar regulations in the future, perhaps as early as next year, so it will be important to have legislators who understand what's at stake to stay on top of this and work in Annapolis to stop this kind of overreach from occurring in the future.I've often thought that Liberal Democrats are very two-faced when it comes to agriculture and the environment.. It seems like the only farming they want is people growing a few vegetables in the back yard!When we stand up for our farmers we are standing up the ultimate "good stewards" of our environment. They provide food for us and hungry people around the world. We're also standing up for what is still one of Maryland's largest industries - andI hope you'll join me in thanking farmers for their hard work in a very tough state to do business in. We'll stay vigilant in watching out for them and opposing unnecessary regulations that do little or nothing to help our environment but would be destructive to farms, small businesses, and our economy.As always, I'm happy to hear from you anytime.Sincerely,State Delegate



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