The industry is still working to move along from last week’s “Make America Healthy Again” report. Farmer and rancher groups are largely unhappy with the commission led by Robert Kennedy Jr.
The Farm Bureau calls foul on their message around pesticides and says America’s producers are the first ones committed to keeping Americans healthy.
“We’re dedicated to continuous improvement. That’s how American agriculture is as efficient, productive, and safe as it is today, because we’re grounded by sound science and technological advances. We’ve got the greatest, most abundant, and safest food system,” said Sam Kieffer.
During a Senate Committee hearing last week before the report came out, lawmakers grilled Kennedy on its possible findings. Kennedy said he has been and remains committed to U.S. farmers.
“I said during my campaign when I was running for President, and I have said repeatedly throughout this process: we cannot take any step that will put a single farmer in this country out of business. There are a million farmers who rely on glyphosate; 100% of corn in this country relies on glyphosate, and we are not going to do anything to jeopardize that business model.”
