A Group of Farmers Walked Into the Oval Office. A Policy Fight Broke Out.
Trump approved a plan to promote pesticide alternatives after farm groups warned restrictions could raise costs and weaken confidence in the food supply.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order promoting alternatives to conventional pesticides in the food supply following a tense Oval Office meeting with his top health and agriculture advisers.
- American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall warned the order would alienate his over 5 million members, while Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. argued it would offset a Supreme Court ruling favoring pesticide manufacturers.
- South Dakota farmer Jonathan Lundgren described Duvall's confrontation as "shocking" and told Axios, "One of the take-home messages I really wanted to understand is that the farmers were sick right now." Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins urged Trump to sign.
- After questioning aides on the policy, President Trump signed the order; Duvall later agreed to support it. The farming representatives then joined Trump, Kennedy, and Rollins for dinner on the Rose Garden patio.
- The directive followed a 7-2 Supreme Court ruling that shielded Monsanto, now owned by Bayer, from state failure-to-warn suits over glyphosate. The clash exposed tensions between Kennedy's MAHA movement to reduce pesticides and agricultural lobbying interests determined to preserve them.
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Oval Office Pesticide Debate Exposes Tension Between MAHA Allies And Farm Lobby
President Donald Trump signed a regenerative agriculture order after a heated Oval Office exchange involving Robert F. Kennedy Jr., farm advocates and American Farm Bureau ... The post Oval Office Pesticide Debate Exposes Tension Between MAHA Allies And Farm Lobby first appeared on [your]NEWS.
Donald Trump’s Oval Office Meeting Turned Into a Pesticide Showdown
Photo Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images A ceremonial Oval Office signing turned combative when Donald Trump threw farmers and a top lobbyist into an impromptu debate over pesticide policy. The president delayed his own executive order on regenerative agriculture to watch both sides argue their case in front of him. Donald Trump and farmers clash at Oval Office The order on regenerative agriculture directs federal agencies to promote farming methods…
Screaming match erupts in Oval Office as lobbyist confronts Trump over farm order
Donald Trump’s Oval Office meeting this week turned into an unusually volatile showdown after a powerful farming lobbyist directly challenged the president over a new executive order, triggering what witnesses described as a loud, back-and-forth confrontation inside the White House. The tense exchange unfolded as Trump prepared to sign an order titled “Advancing Regenerative Agriculture and Strengthening American Farm Resilience,” which directs …
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