July 22, 2026 | Source: U.S. Right to Know | by Stacy Malkan

The pesticide industry has spent decades building a highly effective influence operation in Washington D.C., shaping how pesticides are regulated and how American agriculture operates. Its political influence did not begin with the Trump administration and has extended across both Republican and Democratic administrations.

But over the past 18 months, the Trump administration has delivered a string of victories to the pesticide industry that could reshape pesticide use and public health protections for years to come.

This tracker documents the Trump administration’s favors to the pesticide industry since January 2025.