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Stallman takes on government regulation in final Farm Bureau speech

After 16 years in office, the president of the American Farm Bureau Federation goes out swinging at what he says is government overreach.  At that organization’s annual convention in Orlando, Fla. Sunday, Bob Stallman’s final address to members warned of what he calls government regulation run amok.  Stallman specifically mentioned the Environmental Protection Administration’s and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Waters of the U.S. rulemaking, and the EPA’s blueprint for land use in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

“If we’re going to let federal government dictate where we can and cannot farm, or cut trees, or build homes, or otherwise use the land for any productive economic activity, then this not the land of liberty, it is not the country that our forefathers envisioned,” said Stallman, in his speech to American Farm Bureau members, “nor is it a country that will be able to feed itself for very long.”

Stallman’s presidency ends Tuesday when delegates choose the next American Farm Bureau Federation President from among Kevin Rogers of Arizona, Barry Bushue of Oregon, Zippy Duvall of Georgia and Don Villwock of Indiana.

Bob Stallman AFBF address (26 min. MP3)