After 16 years in office, the American Farm Bureau Federation president goes out swinging at what he says is government overreach.
At that organization’s annual convention Sunday in Orlando, Fla., Bob Stallman’s final address to members warned of what he calls government regulation run amok. He specifically mentioned the EPA's and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Waters of the U.S. rulemaking, and the EPA’s blueprint for land use in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
“If we’re going to let federal government dictate where we can and cannot farm, or cut trees, or build homes, or otherwise use the land for any productive economic activity, then this not the land of liberty, it is not the country that our forefathers envisioned, nor is it a country that will be able to feed itself for very long," he said.
Stallman’s presidency ends Tuesday when delegates choose the next American Farm Bureau Federation president from among Kevin Rogers of Arizona, Barry Bushue of Oregon, Zippy Duvall of Georgia and Don Villwock of Indiana.
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