Kelly Loeffler said the SBA is working on removing federal requirements she described as burdensome for farmers, truckers, construction workers and heavy-duty industries. She said the agency has already moved on diesel exhaust fluid rollbacks, putting a specific regulatory change at the center of the administration's agriculture push.
“Farmers are being crushed by a massive regulatory overreach,” Loeffler said. “That’s why at the SBA we fought for diesel exhaust fluid rollbacks.” She added, “Those are underway,” and said the agency is “working on eliminating the burdensome requirements” facing the affected industries.
Indiana Farm Bureau on technology
Randy Kron, the Indiana Farm Bureau president and a Posey County farmer, said faster rules could help farmers reach new technologies sooner. “Some of these things are needed now, and if we could speed up that process, it would be very, very helpful,” he said. “They’re trying to look for ways to help agriculture, and I think that’s a positive.”
That is the practical issue inside the deregulation push: the pace of approvals can decide when equipment or methods reach a farm. For a grower waiting on a new tool, a shorter process can change when planting, application or hauling decisions can be made.
Todd Young and tariffs
Todd Young said deregulation helps strengthen U.S. agriculture’s competitive advantage. “When given a level playing field, our producers out compete the entire world,” he said. “That’s all we want and we’re going to get it.” The same coverage also said lifting tariffs would do much more to help farmers, creating a policy contrast between easing rules and changing trade costs.
The distinction matters for readers because the SBA effort is aimed at federal requirements, not trade policy. If the regulatory changes move first, farmers and the industries Loeffler named would see the pressure point shift there, while tariff relief would require a separate decision.
On August 13, 2026, the discussion sat inside a broader Trump administration push to reduce regulatory uncertainty in agriculture and open future opportunities for the sector. Loeffler said the rollbacks are already underway, but the coverage did not set a deadline for when producers would feel the change.
Kelly Loeffler Presses Zohran Mamdani Grocery Stores Critique appeared in a separate discussion of Loeffler's remarks.
