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Is the government trying to regulate the family farm out of business?

• Farmers criticize new rules on driving Valley farmers are fearful that new vehicle regulations for agriculture will create major hardships. Pennsylvania’s Independent Regulatory Review Commission has approved transportation rules that will impose restrictions and requirements on drivers of farm vehicles. The regulations focus on farm trucks, with many of the provisions dealing with those that pull trailers or implements with the total weight exceeding 17,000 pounds. For example: -- Farm children ages 16 and 17 who are currently permitted to drive farm trucks will no longer be able to do so if the truck is towing another vehicle, such as a trailer of hay, if both vehicles weigh more than 17,000 pounds. -- All farm truck operators, regardless of age, will need to visit a physician and obtain a valid medical certificate every two years. That certificate declares the driver is physically qualified to operate the vehicle. -- Drivers of farm trucks, whether they are operated alone or towing another vehicle, will need to comply with hours of service requirements, which include minimum periods of “break time,” limits on hours driven between breaks and record-keeping by drivers or by farmers proving the standards are being met. Farmers will be responsible for procuring and keeping the required paperwork. -- Farm truck drivers, regardless of whether the vehicle is operated alone or towing another vehicle, will be required to conduct pre-trip and post-trip inspections, which must be completed each day the vehicle is used. Farmers will also be required to immediately repair any defects noted in the report. James Handy, a dairy farmer in Snyder County, said Friday that the regulations “put a burden on small farmers like me and, frankly, my children. All of these regulations distract from my work and my day and cost me money. Frankly, I think it stinks.” Handy said he wanted to know more about new laws before further comment. Lewis and Joanne Barkley, who operate a ch

• Answer:

  yes they want the monopoly on food so as to control the population