Trump Targets Environmental Rules on Farm Machinery

President Donald Trump says his administration will move immediately to roll back what he calls unnecessary environmental restrictions on farm machinery, arguing the changes will lower equipment costs and simplify operation for producers. Speaking about the burden on manufacturers and farmers, Trump criticized the added EPA requirements placed on engines and technology in recent years. “We’re going to take off a lot of the environmental restrictions that they have on machinery. It’s ridiculous, you buy it, it’s got so much equipment on it for the environment. It doesn’t do anything, except it makes the equipment much more expensive and much more complicated to work,” Trump said, adding that manufacturers will be expected to reduce prices as those regulations are removed. Trump said the effort will be implemented right away.