Even by New York standards, 300 cows, while above average, is not a “large” dairy farm. But as usual the environazis have no real rationale for this decision. How is the runoff any different for a farm of 400 split into two herds of 200 cows each (by, say, inheritance) with access to the same watershed? Yet one is required to obey nitrogen restrictions while the other two are exempt.
New York long ago lost authority over its own cows when their politicians gave it all up to the EPA. Cuomo can't get it back with executive action alone. He will have to start dictating to Chucky Schumer and the others first to get the laws changed.
This is where Conservatism leaps in to protect the status quo, no matter how evil it might be, unless the Democrats and their running dog lackeys GIVE UP SOMETHING WE WANT!
We need a new Speaker an House committee chairment who KNOW THIS VISCERALLY. They should be eternally on watch for these opportunities. If Cuomo wants to pump cow poop into the river, we need something for us to go along with that at the national level.
“environazi’s have no real rationale ...”
So true - my oldest daughter, 25, just married last June (expecting first baby this June) and her new husband live in the hilly farmland in Otsego County roughly 7 miles east of Cooperstown. They are starting a small diary operation, so this topic hits home for me.
Instead of the environazi’s giving a knee jerk no to this - why doesn’t the state actually solve the problem by hiring some envirnmental engeneers with expertise in water tables so we can properly manage any run off? Let’s solve the problem - not overly regulate farms!! I think my daughter nad son in law might be in the Sesquahanna watershed, not sure, but I do know they are in a hollow FAR from any direct nitrate run off to impact any watershed directly. They only have 40 cows so far ....
I am for clean water as much as anyone else - but lets solve the problem intelligently!! (liberals lack logic)