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GOP Rift Over Farm Bill Pesticide Labels, Trump Backs Bayer

4/30/2026

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Republican leaders advanced a farm-bill provision limiting pesticide labeling, sparking a GOP rift ahead of the 2026 midterms as the Court hears glyphosate case.
The U.S. President Donald Trump filed an amicus brief backing Bayer that law preempts state cancer-risk lawsuits.
House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn Thompson defended the provision as balancing farmer and consumer needs.
MAHA activist Kelly Ryerson called the provision ‘extremely disgusting’ and said it shields makers.

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Republican leaders advanced a farm-bill provision limiting pesticide labeling, sparking a GOP rift ahead of the 2026 midterms as the Court hears glyphosate case.
The U.S. President Donald Trump filed an amicus brief backing Bayer that law preempts state cancer-risk lawsuits.
House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn Thompson defended the provision as balancing farmer and consumer needs.
MAHA activist Kelly Ryerson called the provision ‘extremely disgusting’ and said it shields makers.