Max Armstrong reports on the federal agencies like EPA has more influence on agriculture than USDA. He cites EPA, the Food and Drug Administration, the Fish and Wildlife Agency. A key is the Securities and Exchange Committee that would require companies to report their carbon emissions from upstream and downstream affiliates. This could impact farmers. Max shares a move by Congress to take action on the SEC measure.

Max Armstrong's Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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