Source: Stephen Davies, AGRI-PULSE, 12/29/16

EPA's farmworker protection rule will go into effect Jan. 2 as scheduled, the agency said today. The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) and American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) petitioned EPA last week to delay implementation by a year. EPA said it would respond officially to the petition in the new year.

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