American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) president Bob Stallman fielded questions from the press for 40 minutes on Sunday afternoon at the annual meeting in Atlanta, covering a wide variety of topics.
Several questions centered on the legal action AFBF intends to take against EPA over the regulation of the Chesapeake Bay total maximum daily load (TMDL), a so-called “pollution diet” that he says threatens to starve agriculture out of the entire 64,000 square mile watershed spanning five states. Stallman says they are planning to file the challenge Monday in the federal district court for the middle district of Pennsylvania.
Stallman was also asked about what he expects will be the biggest issues for the delegate session, progress made by the new US Farm and Ranch Alliance, regulation of biotech crops, the proposed GIPSA rule, and more.
Listen to or download Stallman’s press conference here: Stallman Press Conference