| MACS POULTRY PAD ELIGIABLITY |
The Maryland Department of Agriculture has revised their criteria for poultry house pads due to the overwhelming demand which has outpaced the available  funding. MDA has developed an eligibility worksheet with a minimum required score to target their limited funds to the most environmentally sensitive sites. The worksheet gives the highest points for farms in the critical area, in the 100 year flood plain, or on sensitive soils. Since most of our farms are not located in these environmentally sensitive areas they won’t earn these points.
Many of our poultry farms can still qualify if they earn the points for co-cost sharing with the EQIP program. EQIP has greatly expanded the availability of poultry pads and the rates at which they reimburse them. We should still be able to install poultry pads for everyone who needs them but it will now take the combination of state and federal funding. Please contact Dave Wilson for more information.
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