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Delmarva poultry group warns CAFO permit lapse and solar siting threaten Eastern Shore farms
Summary
Delmarva Chicken Association and Maryland Farm Bureau briefed the delegation on an expired CAFO general permit that stalled construction, high-path avian influenza risks, and concerns that a 5% priority-preservation-area solar cap could expose productive farmland to development.
Industry representatives told the Eastern Shore delegation Feb. 20 that agriculture on Delmarva faces multiple threats: an expired CAFO general permit that has stalled tens of millions of dollars in construction, recurring highly pathogenic avian influenza cases, and pressure from utility-scale solar development that could remove prime farmland from production.
Grayson Middleton of the Delmarva Chicken Association presented industry statistics and said that the general CAFO (NPDES) permit for chicken…
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