Vermont lawmakers are considering a ban on seeds treated with neonics and it is causing concern among farmers who worry it will make conservation practices harder to use and potentially increase production costs.
Steven Dwinell with the Vermont Agency of Ag, Food, and Markets spoke with RFD-TV’s own Suzanne Alexander on why lawmakers are considering this, the impact it would have on producers, and how it might affect production costs.
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