Description
The Manure Transport Program provides grants to help poultry, dairy, and other animal producers transport excess manure off their farms. Animal producers with high soil phosphorus levels or inadequate land to utilize their manure in accordance with the nutrient management plan can receive cost-share assistance of up to $20 per ton to transport excess manure to other farms or alternative use facilities that can use the product in an environmentally sound manner. Cost-share rates are 20 percent higher for farms located in Dorchester, Somerset, and Wicomico and Worcester counties in response to legislative requirement to target the Lower Eastern Shore due to the large number of poultry operations in this region and their potential impact on water quality.
Funding Source
Maryland Agricultural Water Quality Cost Share Program (MACS) (50% General Funds
and 50% Special Funds (Poultry Companies match) Nonpoultry receive up to 87.5%
through MACS.
