Senators introduce bill to block AFO air reporting duty

A bipartisan group of senators has followed through on a plan to introduce a bill to block looming requirements for thousands of animal feeding operations (AFOs) to report their air emissions to the federal government for the first time, amid widespread anxiety in the farm sector over how to comply with the duty. Sponsor Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE), and co-sponsors Sens. Joe Donnelly (D-IN), John Barrasso (R-WY), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Chris Coons (D-DE) and...