Lucas: EPA's latest attack on American agriculture

From the office of House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Frank Lucas:

"Once again the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is attacking American agriculture.
"This time the agency is making it impossible for farmers to spray pesticides, which are essential for protecting crops from weeds, diseases, and insect damage.
"The EPA is proposing to change label language relating to pesticide drift. The agency already acknowledges that some level of drift would always occur regardless of technology, yet it is proposing to mandate a zero-drift standard for pesticide labels.
"If this change is implemented, farmers would not be able to meet the food demands of a growing population because it would have a negative economic impact on agricultural productivity.
"The development and use of vital crop protection tools have led to the bounty we know as American agriculture. This latest proposal from the Obama administration is an overreaching and misguided regulatory approach that would threaten our farmers’ livelihoods and our overall food supply.
"This is yet another example of how out of touch the Obama administration is with production agriculture and rural communities."