Source: POLITICO'S MORNING AGRICULTURE, 9/5/18

Green groups are wary of a House farm bill provision they say would preempt local governments from setting their own pesticide safety regulations — namely, ordinances blocking use of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup, in places like parks and schoolyards.

A new analysis out today from the Environmental Working Group, based on data from the nonprofit Beyond Pesticides, highlights 58 local pesticide laws — from Anchorage, Alaska, to Wichita, Kan., and Sarasota, Fla. — that it says would be scuttled if the House language is included in a final farm bill. The provision in question would effectively bar local governments from going beyond the federal government in regulating pesticides.

Where it stands: Senate farm bill writers didn't include similar language in their measure, S. 3042 (115), raising doubts that the controversial provision could end up in a farm bill conference agreement with any shot at becoming law.