USDA cutting out pesticide tracking,reporting

摘要

Washington-USDA says limited resources combined with escalating survey expenses and increasing staff costs are forcing its National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to quit -forthe most part-tracking andpublishing information about nationwide pesticide usage.Loss of this important service,declared the American Farm Bureau Federation,will create a serious hardship for farmers.AFBF spokesman Don Lipton remarked,"It (eliminating the program) will mean farmers will be subjected to conjecture and allegations about their use of chemicals and fertilizer.