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Gov. asked to find new way to fund farmers here
Two years from now, payments to farmers for not growing tobacco will cease. In the past eight years since the state tobacco buyout program began, no single farm product has taken the place of what for centuries was Southern Maryland’s cash crop.
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However County Commissioner Thomas A. Mattingly Sr. (D) asked the governor if state funds used for the tobacco buyout could be used to buy farmlands to keep them out of the hands of developers. There are 41 people on a list waiting for offers from the state to preserve their lands.
‘‘I’m glad to take a look at that,” O’Malley said.
Posted by: Sammy on 07/24 at 08:10 PM