Comment period extended for proposed corporate emissions rule

U.S. farm organizations are concerned a Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed emissions regulation could impact farmers.

American Farm Bureau Attorney Travis Cushman tells Brownfield. “It risks being very, very burdensome to farmers and ranchers and it risks making their data come up in ways that should not come up, and also, there are liability concerns for farmers and ranchers. Again, farmers and ranchers are not public companies and we should not be subject to these regulations.”

Cushman says this is a level of regulation agriculture has never seen before.

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