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"The many regulations have made me aware of the many hoops that
farmers must leap through. As a regulator, I can sympathize and
certainly do my best to form a good working relationship with the ag
community." Those are the words of a participant in FFVA's 2010 Spring
Regulatory Tour, the week of March 22. The words, taken from a post-tour
survey, sum up what many in the regulatory community say following the
"reg tours," held every two years by FFVA's Environmental & Pest
Management Division.
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 Reg tour participants say:
"The many regulations have made me aware of the
many hoops that farmers must leap through. As a regulator, I can
sympathize and certainly do my best to form a good working relationship
with the ag community."
"I have a lot of respect for agriculture and
the issues they face. It definitely was good to see it in person,
though."
"The tour gave me a perspective of operations
that happen in the field, the BMPs that are in play, and the measures
farmers take to reduce spray drift, runoff and non-point-source
pollution.”
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Organized by FFVA Vice President of Industry Resources Dan Botts, the
tour provides regulators a firsthand look at production practices and
the opportunity to discuss pesticide use and regulation with growers.
Representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture and the South Florida Water Management
District spent the week visiting agriculture production from Naples to
Belle Glade.
The group toured operations including sod, ornamentals, citrus, sugar
cane, tomatoes and various vegetables.
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 "I understand that the regs we generate
can have real-world consequences and that the farmers in Florida have
environmental considerations in mind in their day-to-day operations
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-FFVA reg tour
participant
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Hosts included American Farms, Barron Collier/Silver Strand, Duda Farm
Fresh Foods, Florida Crystals Corp., Keepsake Plants, King Ranch, Lee
County Mosquito Control District, Six L's Farm, Sugar Cane Growers Coop
of Florida, South Florida Water Management District, Syngenta Flowers
and The Old Collier Golf Course.
Sponsors were FFVA; Florida Citrus Mutual; Florida Tomato Exchange;
Sugar Cane Growers Coop of Florida, Florida Fertilizer &
Agrichemical Association, Florida Golf Course Superintendents, Lee
County Mosquito Control District, Agricultural Environmental Seminars;
Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association; and Florida Farm
Bureau Federation.
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