Regulations deck agricultural innovation -- CAFO industry proves
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In his testimony, Brunkow also highlighted the reforms needed regarding the Endangered Species Act, duplicative regulatory burdens, labor regulations, the need for cost/benefit analysis and transparency in the regulatory process itself.
National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) past president John Weber, a pork producer from Dysart, Iowa, also testified, noting, “Regulations add to the cost of doing business.”
The U.S. pork industry has had to contend with several ill-conceived, burdensome and potentially costly regulations over the past 10 years, including ones related to buying and selling livestock, labeling meat, trucking, air emissions, clean water, antibiotic use and organic livestock production.
“Many of the rules we’ve seen coming out of Washington have had harmful unintended consequences, including stifling innovation and impeding the inherent motivation of farmers and small business people to get better and more efficient at what they do,” Weber said.