Heat Safety for Georgia Farmers and No Pesticide Crackdown
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**When outdoor temperatures hit triple digits and the humidity is suffocating, most people head inside. But for Georgia’s farmers and farmworkers, the work doesn’t stop when the heat index rises to dangerous levels.
www.morningagclips.com reports, extreme heat doesn’t just threaten crops and livestock, it wears down the people who grow our food.
For local resources and support, go to your UGA Extension county office, or visit the Rural Georgia: Growing Stronger website … www.extension.uga.edu/topic-areas/timely-topics/Rural.html
www.morningagclips.com/protect-your-body-mind-from-extreme-heat-in-ga-ag/
**The Trump administration says there won’t be a crackdown on pesticide use in the U.S.
Politico says that’s despite a report from the Make America Healthy Again Committee that called crop protection products dangerous to people’s health.
Ag industry lobbyists have been pushing back against the MAHA Committee report, which linked pesticides to cancer and other diseases.
A White House official says a plan is due in August and won’t include new pesticide policies.
**White House border czar Tom Homan says the Trump administration is considering possible changes to its immigration enforcement policy as it relates to farm and hospitality workers.
In an interview on NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Homan said people in the White House are talking about various policy solutions, and expects an announcement sometime soon.
The Trump administration has sent mixed messages about its approach to immigration raids that affect farms and migrant farmworkers.
