Minimal, Consistent Regulation

Date: 7/07
Position Number: II-B
Expires: 3/08

Resolution/Position:

1. Support accurate reporting of crop and utilization statistics by the USDA.
2. Support the provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act, which require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to regulate commodity exchanges.
3. Support the full reimbursement of legal costs associated with unsuccessful litigation brought by state or federal regulatory agencies.
4. Support the development of state agricultural worker protection education programs as an alternative to the federally mandated worker protection standards.
5. Support administration by a single government agency where jurisdictions overlap.
6. Encourage the development of uniform criteria including office workloads in determining Farm Service Agency (FSA) office closures.
7. Farmers who do not have a service center in their home county should be allowed to choose an office of their preference.
8. Support maintaining the elected county committee system.
9. Support a reinstatement of the cooperative agreements for states to perform warehouse examinations in an efficient manner protecting the local interest.
10. Support member states in their efforts to protect the right to farm laws. All producers of agricultural products who are in regulatory compliance should be encouraged to continue their operations by all levels of government.
11. Support strengthening the Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967 by supporting the passage of the Family Farmers Cooperative Marketing Amendments.
12. Support Homeland Security and request that economic factors be considered when developing requirements/rules affecting agriculture.
13. Any state or local livestock/environmental regulation cannot be more restrictive than federal law.
14. Utilities will install and maintain services in such a manner which will not interfere with normal farming practices.
15. We believe production agriculture should not shoulder the costs of preventing methamphetamine production.
16. Support agricultural exemptions from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Spill Prevention Containment and Control ruling.