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New York Times: AFBF Led Legal Fight Against WOTUS

Kim Baker

Director, Digital Initiatives

photo credit: AFBF Photo, Cole Staudt

The New York Times recently mentioned the American Farm Bureau Federation’s lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency’s overreaching Waters of the U.S. rule. AFBF led the legal fight against WOTUS and contends that the rule “places an undue burden on farmers in particular, who may find themselves required to apply for federal permits to use fertilizer near ditches and streams on their property that may eventually flow into larger rivers,” noted the Times.