(Community First Broadcasting Staff Photo)Iowa (RI) — Zach Lahn says he is not calling for a ban on certain farm chemicals, but argues the EPA is not telling the truth about the safety of some products.
Lahn has opposed efforts to provide legal immunity to Bayer, which markets glyphosate under the brand name Round Up, if the company’s labels follow EPA guidelines.
In February, President Trump issued an executive order declaring glyphosate a critical part of the food supply — a move that could provide a legal defense to Round Up’s manufacturer as it faces hundreds of lawsuits.
Lahn made a three-stop swing through southwest Iowa Tuesday, including a town hall Tuesday night in Silver City focused on ag issues. He is an advocate of regenerative agriculture, which includes planting cover crops in the fall on harvested fields and adding oats and hay to spring rotations so fields aren’t used solely for corn or soybeans.
Lahn says he’d repurpose state incentives currently targeted for row-crop farming and make state economic development grants available to farmers who shift to raising livestock, other crops, or food for human consumption.
Lahn suggests some state grants could be used for new fencing and GPS collars for cattle to help rotate livestock around pastures.
