Farm Bureau Federation to Battle Waters Law, First USDA Military Ag Liason

The EPA and U.S Army Corps of Engineers’ Waters of the U.S. rule is a blatant effort to expand federal authority over land use by regulating land as if it were water - according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.
AFBF filed formal comments with the EPA after rallying farmers, ranchers, other regulated industries, and members of Congress behind its popular #DitchTheRule campaign. EPA keeps spinning the rule to sell it to different audiences - but AFBF says individual regulators won’t care about that spin when they’re out enforcing the rule.
USDA has announced Karis T. Gutter, a Marine Corps Reserve veteran and current USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, is the first USDA Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison.
The MVA Liaison will coordinate USDA leadership across the Department to provide information, resources and support for active duty military and veterans interested in agriculture.

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