Late last week before the Senate’s month long August recess, NAAA continued advocating its policy priorities of NPDES permit relief and state pesticide preemption to staffers of Senators serving on its Agriculture Committee. During the briefings taking place as the committee will be considering a five year reauthorization of farm programs (Farm Bill), Andrew Moore, NAAA CEO discussed the impacts of unnecessary, costly and duplicative NPDES permits on aerial and other pesticide applicators. He highlighted the impacts on both crop protection and vector control, stressing the potential public health impacts on communities. Other farm bill priorities advocated include the role of USDA’s Office of Pesticide Management Policy and the Endangered Species Act Interagency Working Group to develop workable pesticide policy, federal pesticide label preemption, trade, and supporting the use of precision agriculture and adjuvants in farm conservation programs.
NAAA CEO Andrew Moore briefs U.S. Senate staff on Farm Bill priorities of the aerial application industry.