Former Secretary of Agriculture John Block has his doubts about climate change legislation now being discussed in Congress. He wonders if farmers will benefit or face burdensome regulations and increase costs. Block is concerned climate change legislation is another example of the federal government telling farmers what they can grow and how they can grow it.
Block also questions who will regulate the agriculture portion of the climate change program. Will EPA be in charge, telling farmers what they can plant? According to Block those in agriculture don't trust the EPA. Current Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack says USDA would likely control parts of the program and EPA would control other parts.
Block predicts the climate change legislation will result in a negligible improvement of the global climate and put U.S. agriculture at a disadvantage compared to other nations, like China and India, who will not have to make the same adjustments.
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