U.S. Ag Groups React to EPA Strategy

Thursday, we told you about the EPA releasing an updated draft Insecticide Strategy, and U.S. agriculture groups and supporters reacted to the news.

"EPA’s numerous pragmatic improvements to the draft Insecticide Strategy have created a final strategy that can be better implemented by applicators while also protecting threatened and endangered species,” said NASDA CEO, and former under secretary of trade at FAS, Ted McKinney.

The American Soybean Association appreciates the EPA for incorporating common-sense improvements into the Strategy.

“These enhancements will help make Endangered Species Act implementation easier for U.S. farmers, but more work remains to be done, including reforming how the agency assesses risks to species,” says ASA President Caleb Ragland.

National Corn Growers Association President Kenneth Hartman Jr. appreciates the agency’s efforts to engage stakeholders throughout the process. “By engaging farmers in the process, the new strategy strengthens environmental protections without compromising our nation’s safe and secure supply of food, feed, and fiber,” says National Cotton Council Chairman Patrick Johnson.

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