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Trump Signs Order to Expand Regenerative Agriculture Funding
President Trump issued an executive order directing the departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture to increase support for regenerative farming practices. The order also requires the EPA to review pre-harvest uses of glyphosate and directs three agencies to create a framework for studying cumulative exposure to agricultural chemicals.
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President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday directing the departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture to increase investment in regenerative agriculture. The order also instructs the Environmental Protection Agency to review pre-harvest desiccation uses of glyphosate and requires HHS, USDA, and EPA to develop a research framework for cumulative exposure to agricultural chemicals.
The order was issued hours after the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of Bayer in a case concerning liability for failure to warn about potential cancer risks from glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup. The justices held that the EPA, not state courts or juries, has authority over warning labels.
Each year, roughly 280 million pounds of glyphosate are applied to nearly 300 million acres of U.S. farmland, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The chemical is used both as a weed killer and as a crop desiccant to speed harvesting. In February, President Trump issued an executive order directing increased domestic production of glyphosate on national security grounds.
The Department of Justice had supported Bayer's position before the Supreme Court.
" She noted that USDA has made $700 million available through a pilot program. " HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted on X that the order scales regenerative agriculture and advances the Make America Healthy Again agenda.
