by Elizabeth | Apr 29, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biotechnology, Food Labeling
Posted April 29, 2015 U.S. District Court Judge Christina Reiss ruled against the Grocery Manufacturers’ Association (GMA) and other industry groups in their request for a preliminary order to block a genetically modified (GMO) food law from going into...
by Elizabeth | Apr 24, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Finance and Credit, International Trade
Posted April 24, 2015 Sens. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., and John Boozman, R-Ark., introduced a bill today that would allow banks to finance agricultural exports sent to Cuba, helping to open up Cuban markets to American farmers and ranchers, according to an...
by Elizabeth | Apr 22, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biotechnology, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Food Safety, Pesticides, United States Department of Agriculture
–> Posted April 22, 2014 U.S. regulators may start testing food products for residues of the world’s most widely used herbicide as public concern rises over possible links to disease, according to Reuters. Food Safety News also published an article...
by Elizabeth | Apr 22, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted April 22, 2014 A New York judge ruled this week to grant lawyers representing two chimpanzees a hearing to challenge the animals’ confinement, according to Time. AAAS Science also published an article here, The New York Times here, and The Wall Street...
by Elizabeth | Apr 13, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Meat Processing, United States Department of Agriculture, Water Law
Posted April 13, 2015 An environmental group is threatening to sue Bartels Packing, a Lane County slaughterhouse and meat packaging firm, for multiple violations of the federal Clean Water Act, according to a Register Guard article available here. The Eugene...
by Elizabeth | Apr 9, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Continuing Education, Estate Planning, Taxation, Webinar
–> Posted April 9, 2015 The Ohio State University Extension’s Agriculture Law & Taxation Blog is host a planning for nursing home costs and Medicaid webinar for farmers. Craig Vandervoort, Sitterly & Vandervoort, Ltd., is hosting the webinar and it is...
by Elizabeth | Apr 3, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Pesticides
Posted April 3, 2014 Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is asking the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to evaluate the herbicide glyphosate, one of the world’s most widely used weed killers. after concerns that the chemical possibly causes cancer, according to The...
by Elizabeth | Mar 25, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Farm Bill, Federal Loan Programs, Finance and Credit, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted March 25, 2015 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a proposed rule to limit farm payments to non-farmers, consistent with requirements Congress mandated in the 2014 Farm Bill, according to the USDA press release available here. Farm...
by Elizabeth | Mar 24, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Water Law
Posted March 24, 2015 On March 25, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) announced a proposed rule defining the scope of waters protected under the Clean Water Act (CWA). The proposal revises regulations...
by Elizabeth | Mar 24, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Crop Insurance, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted March 24, 2015 The Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has agreed to pay $44 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act, according to an Insurance Journal article available here. Reuters also published an article available here. According to the...
by Elizabeth | Mar 20, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Water Law
Posted March 20, 2015 Farmers and leaders from agriculture and government agencies expressed their concerns about the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule at a House Agriculture Conservation and Forestry...
by Elizabeth | Mar 20, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted March 20, 2015 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing to amend its regulations to allow the operation of small-unmanned aircraft systems in the National Airspace System, according to a Federal Register available here. These changes would...
by Elizabeth | Mar 19, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Business Organizations, Corporate Farming, Land Ownership
Posted March 19, 2015 House lawmakers voted to relax North Dakota’s anti-corporate farming law, which could set the precedent for non-family corporations to own dairy and swine operations for the first time in 83 years, according to a Prairie Business article...
by Elizabeth | Mar 10, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Commodity Programs
Posted March 10, 2015 The new farm programs for grain and oilseed farmers will pay them up to $7 billion annually over the next few years, according to an Agri-Pulse available here. Politico also published an article available here. The Congressional Budget...
by Elizabeth | Mar 6, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted March 6, 2015 McDonald’s plans to require chicken suppliers to stop using antibiotics in human medicine within the next two years, according to an ABC News article available here. The New York Times also published an article available here, USA Today...
by Elizabeth | Mar 4, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Business Organizations, Corporate Farming, Land Ownership
Posted March 4, 2015 The North Dakota House Agriculture Committee will vote on the proposed changes to the state’s anti-corporate farming law, according to a Grand Forks Herald article available here. AgWeek also published an article available here. House...
by Elizabeth | Mar 4, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Welfare, Food and Drug Administration
Posted March 4, 2015 Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) reintroduced the Prevention of Antibiotic Resistance Act (PARA), according to a Food Safety News article available here. The Wall Street Journal also published an article here,...
by Elizabeth | Mar 2, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted March 2, 2015 An environmental group sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accusing regulators of discounting the dangers of a widely used herbicide threatening the declining monarch butterfly population, according to Reuters. NBC News also...
by Elizabeth | Mar 2, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted March 2, 2015 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that a one-time extension will be provided to producers for the new safety-net programs established by the 2014 Farm Bill, known as Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC),...
by Elizabeth | Feb 17, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted February 17, 2015 U.S. regulators have approved two genetically engineered apple varieties designed to resist browning, according to an Ag Professional article available here. The Des Moines Register also published an article available hereand Reuters...
