by Elizabeth | Jul 18, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Federal Loan Programs, Land Use Regulation, Water Law
JUDICIAL: WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT, CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, & WILDEARTH GUARDIANS, Plaintiffs, v. DAVID BERNHARDT, Sec’y of the Interior, JEFFREY ROSE, Dist. Manager Burns Dist. Bureau of Land Mgmt., & BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Defendants.,...
by Elizabeth | Jul 17, 2019 | Administrative Law, Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Liens, Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Animal Identification, Animal Welfare, Bankruptcy, Biosecurity, Biotechnology, Conservation Programs, Crop Insurance, Daily Update, Disaster Assistance Programs, Endangered Species Act, Estate Planning, Farm Service Agency, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Federal Loan Programs, Finance and Credit, Fish and Wildlife Service, Food and Nutrition Service, Food Labeling, Food Safety, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Forest Service, Forestry, heirs property, International Trade, Land Ownership, Marketing Orders, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Nutrition Programs, Pesticides, Rural Utilities Service, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE & FARM SANCTUARY, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & FOOD SAFETY INSPECTION SERVICE, Defendants., No. 6:18-CV-06626-MAT, 2019 WL 3083025 (W.D.N.Y. July 15, 2019) Plaintiffs Animal Welfare Institute and...
by Elizabeth | Jul 11, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Federal Loan Programs, Forest Service, Water Law
JUDICIAL: CONCERNED FRIENDS OF THE WINEMA; KLAMATH SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER; WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT; OREGON WILD; CENTRAL OREGON BITTERBRUSH BROADS OF THE GREAT OLD BROADS FOR WILDERNESS, Plaintiffs, v. DOUGLAS C. McKAY; BARRY L. IMLER; UNITED STATES FOREST...
by Elizabeth | Jul 10, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Bankruptcy, Biosecurity, Daily Update, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Farm Bill, Federal Loan Programs, Finance and Credit, Food and Nutrition Service, Food Safety, Forest Service, Forestry, International Trade, Nutrition Programs, Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, Pesticides, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: In re Spiech Farms, LLC, No. GK 17-05398-JTG, 2019 WL 2913270 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. July 3, 2019) This dispute requires the court to consider the following issues: (i) whether the Plaintiffs violated section 362(a)(3) by asserting causes of action in the...
by Elizabeth | Jul 8, 2019 | Administrative Law, Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Welfare, Bureau of Land Management, Daily Update, Food Labeling, Food Safety, Forest Service, Forestry, Immigration, International Trade, Labor, National Environmental Policy Act, Pesticides, Water Law, Western Water
JUDICIAL: Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. Ilano, No. 17-16760, 2019 WL 2571434 (9th Cir. June 24, 2019) In 2014, Congress amended the Healthy Forests Restoration Act (“HFRA”) to allow the United States Forest Service greater flexibility in managing the health of...
by Elizabeth | Jul 5, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Environmental Protection Agency, Food and Nutrition Service, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture
REGULATORY: Notice: Office of the Secretary, USDA; The Office of the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (the Secretary) announces the establishment of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 (October 1, 2019-September 30, 2020) in-quota aggregate quantity of raw cane sugar...
by Elizabeth | Jun 28, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Crop Insurance, Daily Update, Farm Bill, Water Law
JUDICIAL: REZAC LIVESTOCK COMMISSION CO., INC., Plaintiff, v. PINNACLE BANK, et al., Defendants. Additional Party Names: Dinsdale Bros., No. 15-4958-DDC-KGS, 2019 WL 2613179 (D. Kan. June 26, 2019) This case originated from a substantial cattle transaction gone wrong....
by Elizabeth | Jun 27, 2019 | Administrative Law, Ag & Food Law Update, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Animal Identification, Biofuels, Clean Air Act, Commodity Credit Corporation, Daily Update, Department of Energy, Department of Labor, Environmental Protection Agency, Farm Bill, Farm Labor, Farm Service Agency, Food Labeling, Food Safety, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Foreign Agricultural Service, Forest Service, Forestry, Immigration, Labor, Pesticides, Renewable Energy, Rural Utilities Service, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: MIGUEL GARCIA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA, et al., Defendants., No. CV 18-1968 (RDM), 2019 WL 2581324 (D.D.C. June 24, 2019) The Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. § 1101 et seq., permits employers to hire temporary foreign...
by Elizabeth | Jun 26, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Food Safety, Forest Service, Forestry, Intellectual Property, International Trade, National Environmental Policy Act, Nutrition Programs, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: Food Mktg. Inst. v. Argus Leader Media, No. 18-481, 2019 WL 2570624 (U.S. June 24, 2019) Respondent Argus Leader Media filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), seeking the names and addresses...
by Elizabeth | Jun 25, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Landowner Liability, Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act
JUDICIAL: State v. Avella, No. 5D18-1407, 2019 WL 2552529 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. June 21, 2019) The State of Florida appeals the trial court’s order dismissing charges brought against Anthony Joseph Avella for practicing veterinary medicine without a license and...
by Elizabeth | Jun 21, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Commodity Credit Corporation, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Farm Service Agency, Food and Nutrition Service, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: United States of Am., ex rel. Kenneth Kraemer, & Kenneth Kraemer & Kraemer Farms, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company, Plaintiffs, v. United Dairies L.L.P., a Minnesota limited liability partnership; Union Dairy, L.L.P., a Minnesota limited...
by Elizabeth | Jun 20, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Daily Update, Food and Nutrition Service, Food Labeling, Forest Service, National Environmental Policy Act, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: BARK, CASCADIA WILDLANDS, OREGON WILD, & WILDEARTH GUARDIANS, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, Defendant, & HIGH CASCADE INC., Intervenor-Defendant., No. 3:18-CV-01645-MO, 2019 WL 2518123 (D. Or. June 18, 2019) Plaintiffs Bark, Cascadia...
by Elizabeth | Jun 18, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Crop Insurance, Daily Update, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: KEVIN STRUSS; STRUSS FARMS, L.L.C.; & STRUSS & COOK FARMS, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY; & FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION, Defendants., No. 18-2184-JWL, 2019 WL 2490721 (D. Kan. June 14, 2019)...
by Elizabeth | Jun 14, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. JEFFREY J. HAMMERAND, TAMMY A. HAMMERAND, KENNETH J. KREMER, DONNA A. KREMER, HEAVENLEE HOLSTEINS, IOWA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, THREE RIVERS FS COMPANY, MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC, DAVE’S FEED STORE, INC., POSTVILLE...
by Elizabeth | Jun 13, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Animal Feeding Operations, Crop Insurance, Daily Update, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Farm Labor, Farm Service Agency, Federal Loan Programs, Finance and Credit, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Foreign Agricultural Service, Forest Service, Forestry, Immigration, International Trade, Labor, National Environmental Policy Act, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: FOOD & WATER WATCH, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, et al., Defendants. Additional Party Names: Deanna Dunning, Farm Serv. Agency, No. CV 17-1714 (BAH), 2019 WL 2423833 (D.D.C. June 10, 2019) Since this case began in August 2017,...
by Elizabeth | Jun 12, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, Hemp, National Environmental Policy Act, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: JOSE URENA, an individual, on behalf of himself & others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ALMOND GROWERS ASSN. & DOES 1-10., Defendants., No. 118CV00517LJOEPG, 2019 WL 2390042 (E.D. Cal. June 6, 2019) Plaintiff Jose Urena,...
by Elizabeth | Jun 11, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Environmental Protection Agency, Forest Service, Packers and Stockyards Act, Rural Utilities Service, United States Department of Agriculture
REGULATORY: Notice: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.; The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), a Rural Development agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, is issuing this notice regarding the new provisions affecting RUS borrower participation in the Cushion of...
by Elizabeth | Jun 7, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, National Environmental Policy Act, Pesticides
JUDICIAL MONSANTO COMPANY APPELLANT V. ARKANSAS STATE PLANT BOARD; WALTER “BRUCE” ALFORD; KYLE BALTZ; RUSSELL BLACK; RUSSELL BRAGG; ROBERT CAMPBELL; DR. RICK CARTWRIGHT; MARTY EATON; DANNY FINCH; BARRY WALLS; TERRY FULLER; GREG HAY; OTIS HOWE; JERRY HYDE;...
by Elizabeth | Jun 6, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Daily Update, Water Law
JUDICIAL: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. ROGER J. LAPANT, JR., et al., Defendants. Additional Party Names: Farmland Mgmt. Servs., Goose Pond Ag., Inc., J&J Farms, No. 2:16-CV-01498-KJM-DB, 2019 WL 2355612 (E.D. Cal. June 4, 2019) The United States’...
by Elizabeth | Jun 5, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Daily Update, Pesticides
JUDICIAL: GREENGATE FRESH, LLLP, Plaintiff, v. TRINITY FRESH PROCUREMENT, LLC, et al. Defendants. SUNTERRA PRODUCE TRADERS, INC., et al. Intervening Plaintiffs,, No. 218CV03161JAMEFB, 2019 WL 2337150 (E.D. Cal. June 3, 2019) Before this Court is the Stipulation to...
