_WHAT’S HAPPENING_

The House of Representatives passed a sweeping five-year farm bill after days of Republican infighting over pesticide liability protections and year-round ethanol sales. The bill has major implications for jobs and the economy, immigration, and has been celebrated by the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement for removing protections for pesticide makers.

There remains a divide within the GOP between traditional farm-state lawmakers who believe the anti-pesticide stance could raise prices and more MAHA-friendly members who claim to prioritize Americans’ health because of the potential cancer risks posed by pesticides. The legislation now heads to the Senate, where its passage remains uncertain.

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Michael H.6 months ago

There are a number of chemicals used on the foods we eat that should never be part of the process, in my opinion. I believe these chemicals, particularly growth hormones in animals, have contributed to a number of health issues the younger generations are now facing. The long term effects of some of these chemicals is just not known. They can project all they want, but the actual effects can be very different from their projected outcomes. Ultimately it is up to the consumer to judge what is right for them and to act accordingly.

I am especially happy to hear about the added support for fruit and nut tree damages from storms. I have friends who own orchards who had serious damages from hurricane Hellene. They lost multiple older and newer trees due to the storm. This is affecting their bottom line. They need financial help replacing those lost trees. I hope they get it from this bill.

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James G.6 months ago

Less red tape and regulations for sure!

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Photo Man6 months ago

"The long term effects of some of these chemicals is just not known." How about all the chemicals found in all kinds of (ultra)processed food? Try to buy a food snack today that is not loaded with those chemicals, salt, sugar. Where is the outrage and lawsuits about that? Same with all the nonFDA approved women (and men) chemicals you all splash and smear on your body daily - what is the long term effect of all those chemicals?

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Ron Kase6 months ago

Just look at Europe, they won’t even allow most of the crap that we put in our food.

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James Coutu6 months ago

We are feeding our children and killing them slowly it doesn’t make sense we are the only country that spray poison on our food to dry it out has to be a better way.

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Photo Man6 months ago

"only country " = what great source of misinformation did you obtain that from? And yet you believe it. Wake up! Go to Aldi this week as they are featuring German food. Study those ingredients labels. Do you really see any difference in those German 'food' products versus the US products?

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Fred Scott6 months ago

It's time that companies take responsibility for their products that harm people, and guidelines should be available to encourage proper use, minimizing potential use and harm.

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Photo Man6 months ago

Read and comprehend the pesticide label and do what it says. It is backed by a lot of years of research, costing well into the millions to bring any product to market. Thus where is the 'personal' responsibility for using the product? It is on your shoulder, not the manufacturer.

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Mary W6 months ago

Yes!!! Our food needs to be safe!!

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Photo Man6 months ago

And what makes you think our food supply is not safe? The leftist green liberal movement combined with their like minded leftist propaganda MSM media sure has done a fine job of poisoning the populace with their propaganda.

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Tracey Powers 6 months ago

Yes, we need to bring our country back to healthy ways of producing and consuming food! Many have suffered so much with constant health issues because of poison in our foods.

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Photo Man6 months ago

"poison in our foods" = What poisons? Backed up by what verifiable unbiased research institution(s)? Now if you mean all the other chemicals in (ultra)processed food, including an overload of salt and/or processed sugar, then you likely have a valid point. And where are the uproars and lawsuits about that? Including all the chemicals that women (and men) spread, smear and spray on their body daily, for decades, that do not have government oversight on.

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Terry McCall6 months ago

Yes, we older people have already been poisoned, perhaps irreparably, but our kids still have a chance if we make some changes.

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Photo Man6 months ago

"have already been poisoned," = oh, yes, all the tobacco/drugs/alcohol consumption has certainly had quite the negative effect. Where is the uproar and lawsuits against those companies? Where is the personal responsibility to recognize and refrain from using such?

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Carl Chappell6 months ago

It appears to me that too many people on here are getting their info about glyphosate from uneducated sources like the 'food babe'! I suggest if you want to know the truth about farming and pesticides that you check out the Farm Babe!

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James G.6 months ago

Noted. Also, a person could attend farmers markets and talk to actual farmers about their processes. Get involved in a farm to fork community. Overall you're right, there are a lot of resources out there.

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Photo Man6 months ago

"It appears to me that too many people on here are getting their info about glyphosate from uneducated sources" = EXACTLY!!!!!! And the Roundup label states: "NOTICE: Buyer assumes all responsibility for safety and use not in accordance with directions". And therein is the real problem, people utilizing the product that do not follow what the label (the law) states. And the worst offenders are the homeowners the - city 'farmer' - who thinks they know more about production agriculture than those of us that spend our career in it. The homeowners are the ones that have promoted suing Monsanto/Bayer over glyphosate (Roundup).

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James G.6 months ago

Overall, a lot of humanity can be self centered at times, including myself. With that said, pesticides are new to the world. Think about it. There's archeology evidence of human life on this planet dating back 10's of thousands of years. You and I are alive because our ancestors thrived. THEY didn't need cancerous drugs to grow food.

No, this issue is much deeper. I'm not an economist but I do know that farmers are squeezed to death with red tape and regulations. Leaving them no choice But to use pesticides to sustain their industry.

And this is the point where the proverbial 'light bulb' should go off in your mind! Red tape and regulations were put in place for the sole purpose of pushing this pesticide agenda. It's about big pharma and their love for $ not human life.

Look, England should be 'under water by now.' Look @ all the other scare tactics from 'environmentalists,' this pesticide issue has nothing to do with reality. It's yet another pompous, self centered power struggle.

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Photo Man6 months ago

It is all a part of the long time doctrine called a 'cheap food policy'. And the US is blessed with a huge quantity of quality food at the most affordable price of any nation. The US farmer averages only 5.8 cents from every retail food dollar. One decade ago, it was 14.8 cents. A decade earlier, it was 15.75 cents. We as a US food producer are being hamstrung financially. We cannot keep eating up our assets to produce food for the (crying, whiny) public.

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Than Johnson6 months ago

Big Pharma could invade the agriculture sector by aligning with big pesticide makers. Any prohibition should not negatively impact the Farmer. Agriculture is one of the main strength of USA. The American Farmer out produces the rest of the world. Its existence is so vitally important. We need to ensure China buys its agreed upon soybean purchases and also provide protection to the American dairy farmer from unfair competition with subsidies going to foreign producers. Than

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Photo Man6 months ago

Excuse me, but the American dairy farmer receives US government subsidies. Have you ever thought that perhaps they are the ones who are unfairly treating the dairy industry in foreign countries?

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Jim Ahern6 months ago

It's amazing how the government and their agencies, FDA in this case, love to over-complicate simple matters. How hard is it in this day and age to put out healthy, non-gmo synthesized foods, especially when we unequivocally know they're bad for your health on so many levels? Same goes for Big Pharma and Big Ag in this instance. But that's just the point folks and it's so obvious in this day and age that the (Gov./Agencies) can give a shit less about the health of the The American People. And seemingly with his support of Bayer/Monsanto old man Trump/Admin. can give a care less also.. Why?, because it's all about MONEY for these 1% billionaires/corporations folks. It's all about the bottom line, health of the nation be damned. Sadly these little MAHA moves aren't solving the bigger problem, just band-aids which will be ripped off by the next hard-line "Establishment" leaning Administration...

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Thomas Peterson6 months ago

Please inform the masses that Roundup (glyphosate) Is a herbicide (kills weeds)- NOT a pesricide (kills bugs)

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Kevin Sargent6 months ago

Limiting liability equally limits the caution the public needs to prevent Bad products to be marketed by demands of corporate profits. We need look NO Further than the REAL Information now emerging on the "Wuhan vaccines"!

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Photo Man6 months ago

""Wuhan vaccines"" = Talk about false science. And rushed to market with no research to even begin to prove if effective or not, let alone long term health effects. And yet how many of you succumbed to their propaganda and received the jab, at least once if not more. Where are the liabilty lawsuits about this?

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Jim Powers 6 months ago

Yes.

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Photo Man6 months ago

Ultimately, it will increase your price of food.

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Photo Man6 months ago

"Do you support the removal of the pesticide provisions from the farm bill?" NO! As a result, the greedy American public with the greedy lawyers and accentuated with a liberal leftist 'green' judge and in cohorts with a likewise hand picked jury, will only to continue to harm immensely what few choices of effective safe pesticides we have in production agriculture.

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Photo Man6 months ago

"Todays' Debate" asks the question: "Who is the farm bill a bigger win for?" MAHA or MAGA or Both? The real answer is none of the above. Since somewhere in the range of 70 to 75% of the so-called Farm Bill is mandated for SNAP food aid subsidy, and the balance actually helps American food producers, the real beneficiary of the so-called Farm Bill is the American public.

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Photo Man6 months ago

Upward quote: "While MAHA helped get Trump elected, they are demonstrably opposed to some of the president’s agenda when tension arises with Big Agriculture." Upward, what is your definition for "Big Agriculture"? Why are you subjecting them to 'blame'? On the onset, I venture you really do not understand commercial production agriculture. And I certainly learned the true validity of that when I was a Cornell student and your community of Jews came to the Agriculture college (since tuition was much cheaper than the other colleges within Cornell). Your community is very book smart but when it came to practicality, they were completely lost. And that is still what the ag community today is fighting in this anti-pesticide environment. MSM/'green' movement Pure Lies and people think that "alleged/perceived" means proof, when it does not.