But the U.S. District Court of Appeals in Washington ruled Tuesday that the EPA had already provided the evidence necessary to determine farm dust "likely is not safe."

Michael Formica, a lawyer for the pork council, said this means farmers now face the daunting task of proving a negative - that the dust is not harmful.

Formica said his and other groups will consider a further appeal.

Farmers said they will be hard-pressed to meet the standards.

In a letter sent Wednesday to the EPA, Grassley wrote that compliance would be impossible because of the dust produced in farmers' day-to-day activities.

Grassley also has noted that because many rural roads are not paved, particulate readings could be affected by wind gusts that constantly change.

"After all, God decides when the wind blows, not Chuck Grassley," he said.

But the EPA said the regulation was overdue.

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This is far beyond absurdity. They will not rest until America's financial system has been utterly demolished.

Dust from rural, gravel roads also would have to be regulated by the counties, if they are going to regulate dust. Many of us have traveled gravel roads at a safe speed leaving a dust cloud behind us that the wind can blow anywhere it chooses. These people in the EPA in Washington, D.C. have obviously never traveled outside an urban environment, they have no clue how rural people live!