In Trump freeze, US agencies delay rules affecting farm towns
Source: Reuters
24 JAN 2017 AT 16:08 ET
The Environmental Protection Agency will delay implementation of the Renewable Fuels Standard and the Agriculture Department will pause rules affecting livestock as part of a freeze on regulations imposed by President Donald Trumps administration, trade groups said on Tuesday.
Trumps regulatory freeze has created uncertainties in rural communities areas which helped propel him into office.
The Trump administration put a hold on new regulations immediately after he was sworn in last week, leading to the delayed implementation of 30 EPA rules that were finalized in the last weeks of Barack Obamas presidency. That included new standards for blending biofuels with oil-based fuels.
Representatives of the EPA and U.S. Department of Agriculture could not immediately be reached for comment.
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radical noodle
(7,997 posts)That should be interesting. Bad enough he messes with their biofuels, messing with subsidies would be the last straw for some.
jmowreader
(50,524 posts)Trump needs to cut A LOT of spending to pay for his goals of balancing the budget while increasing defense spending, paying for that fucking wall and massively cutting taxes. Eliminating farm subsidies is a quick way to get rid of a lot of spending.
Turn CO Blue
(4,221 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,351 posts)I expect they will completely eliminate SNAP from it and will say they need that funds savings to keep the farm subsidies in place (for those corporate farmers that need just a bit more of a helping hand to "Make America Great Again" .
louis-t
(23,265 posts)Can't look ahead and make a measured decision about anything. Just knee-jerk, political, ideological, bull in a china shop moves that somebody told him would be a good idea.
mopinko
(69,981 posts)if he expects to have corn next summer, but he is screwin around in ways that will impact demand, he should know farmers arent usually happy gamblers.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)hollowdweller
(4,229 posts)I'm glad I got in under the rope. We got a tremendous cost sharing deal on a high tunnel to grow fresh veggies in. We put the money up front but once approved gov't paid 3/4 of the cost of buying it and putting it up.
Vinnie From Indy
(10,820 posts)What types of veggies will you grow!
Also, like the dog photo bombing in the second picture!
hollowdweller
(4,229 posts)I think I'm going to move my whole garden in there to get away from the deer.
Winter Squash, Okra, Pole Beans, I already have some figs and kiwi in there now.
The dog is my little collie Moo Moo