The ever-increasing number of federal and state conservation regulations is hurting the livelihoods of Westmoreland County farmers, state Sen. Kim Ward was told on Tuesday.
Ward, a Hempfield Township Republican, traveled to Rick Ebert’s 400-acre farm along Livermore Road in Derry Township to listen to farmers’ concerns over existing and proposed regulations under the Environmental Protection Agency and the state Department of Environmental Protection that create additional financial burdens.
(Source: Pittsburgh Tribune Live, 10/10/12, “Westmoreland farmers tell state senator about burden of ever-increasing federal and Pa. regulations,” by Paul Pierce)