Endangered Species Act
Richard Gupton of the Agricultural Retailers Association explains a new resource designed to help farmers comply with ESA-related pesticide label requirements.
Tom Peterson with the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association says taxpayers are “unfortunate casualties” of this overlay now that the Mexican wolf population is stable under ESA guidelines.
“What’s good for the herd is good for the bird, and vice versa.”
“We found common sense ways to keep endangered species safe that won’t place unneeded burden on the growers...”
“These regulations, what we’re doing and what it does it just adds cost and burdens to our ag producers as they’re trying to feed, fuel and clothe the world.”
“It doesn’t matter what we do in Canada or the United States, it’s not going to help the monarch population.”
“It just makes no sense at all.”
“This proposed rule and rejected delisting petitions do nothing other than move the goal posts for species recovery and deny sound science...”
Updated Dicamba information is the topic of today’s Firm to Farm blog post by RFD-TV’s agri-legal expert Roger McEowen with the Washburn School of Law.