Bipartisan legislation recently introduced by U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) would rollback federal standards that could add production costs and bring uncertainty to farmers.

 

The Fertilizer Access and Responsible Management (FARM) Act, introduced by Fischer and U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), would prevent federal standards handed down by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to regulate anhydrous ammonia, a fertilizer input.

 

“Farmers in Nebraska rely on fertilizer so they can provide safe food to the world,” Fischer said. “OSHA has circumvented Congress and public input by introducing new rules that will make it harder for farmers to do their job. The bipartisan bill Sen. Heitkamp and I are introducing today would protect farm families by rolling back OSHA’s unilateral decision to create harmful rules without following the law.”

 

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