The Trump administration will focus on regulatory relief in its early days in office, said two farm-policy hands, who pointed to EPA’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule as a prime example of federal over-reach. Chuck Conner, of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, said President-elect Trump will be forceful in rolling back regulations, and Dale Moore, of the American Farm Bureau Federation, said the regulatory burden saps farmers’ bottom lines.
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…Moore rattled off half a dozen areas where the Trump administration should provide regulatory relief in its first months in office: WOTUS; restrictions on land use under the Endangered Species Act; … proposed rules on treatment of livestock on organic farms; and implementation of the GMO-disclosure law enacted in July.
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“We want something that is going to work,” Moore said, referring to the law that will require foodmakers to disclose when GMO ingredients are used. The law allows use of a symbol, a bar code or wording on the package, and it pre-empts state GMO food-label laws.
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