U.S. Rep Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) is highlighting the current issues that farmers have navigating federal government regulations.

The Alabama congressman, who sits on the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, spoke about the issues of government red tape during the hearing on “Past Breakthroughs and Future Innovations in Crop Production” Tuesday.

Government red tape leads to 12 years and around $300 million just to get products to growers that will improve their yield and better serve the American people. @HouseAgGOP is trying to get government to work alongside producers instead of riding on their backs. pic.twitter.com/fZ19KAqL9w

— Rep. Barry Moore (@RepBarryMoore) July 22, 2025

Moore asked Terry Abbott, Chairman, Council of Producers and Distributors of Agrotechnology (CPDA), about the issue.

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“You know, Ronald Reagan had a saying, and he said, ‘The government’s idea on the economy is when it’s moving, you tax it. If it keeps moving, you regulate it, fails, you subsidize it.’ And very often we see regulations being a huge problem and inefficiency in government. So with that, Mr. Abbott, you testified that more than a half a billion dollars worth of your members products are currently delayed in EPA regulatory review process, products that include both post patent tools and adjuvants critical for crop protection. Can you explain how this backlog is affecting grower access to proven technologies and what consequences that has on production efficiency and cost?”

“Well, as I mentioned already before, it puts a tremendous strain on the tools that are already out there, right? So we need to have access,” Abbott responded. “Or they need to have access to those tools to from a rotational purpose and to continue to apply the adjuvants that are part of that tank mix as well, and they need to have timely access to those as well.”

Moore then discussed how government regulation has just gotten worse over the year.

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“The regulatory environment certainly crippling, and we get that in business. I grew up on a row crop farm…the technology has changed dramatically. I can remember standing in a peanut field…an old span sprayer, where the product was in the tank, and you literally just sprayed it out across the field…I remember my dad and uncle complaining about how expensive that stuff was. I can’t imagine what the they were. Always gripping about cost and farming, and we always are right, but with inflation and the restrictions now that government tends to put on production is certainly harassing.”

The congressman concluded that it’s time for the govenrment to get off the backs of farmers and businesses.

“It’d be nice if government would come alongside instead of right on our backs, sometimes guys,” he said.

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