by Elizabeth | Jun 3, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Animal Identification, Animal Welfare, Biosecurity, Commodity Credit Corporation, Crop Insurance, Daily Update, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Food Safety, Foreign Agricultural Service, Forest Service, Forestry, International Trade, Marketing Orders, Pesticides, Specialty Crops, Taxation, United States Department of Agriculture
LEGISLATIVE: STATE OF DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. MOUNTAIRE FARMS OF DELAWARE, INC., Defendant Below, Appellee., No. 183, 2019, 2019 WL 2323906 (Del. May 31, 2019) The appellant, State of Delaware...
by Elizabeth | May 31, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Environmental Protection Agency, Food Labeling
LEGISLATIVE: S. 1641: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income interest received on certain loans secured by agricultural real property Info HERE S. 1637: A bill to amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to...
by Elizabeth | May 29, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Daily Update, Forest Service, Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, Rural Development, 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 | May 24, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Welfare, Antitrust, Conservation Programs, Daily Update, Endangered Species Act, Federal Meat Inspection Act, Intellectual Property, Meat Processing, Pesticides, Water Law
JUDICIAL: ARKANSAS STATE PLANT BOARD; TERRY WALKER, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF THE ARKANSAS STATE PLANT BOARD; OTIS HOWE, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CHAIR OF THE ARKANSAS STATE PLANT BOARD; AND MEMBERS OF THE ARKANSAS STATE PLANT BOARD APPELLANTS V....
by Elizabeth | May 23, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Daily Update, United States Department of Agriculture
REGULATORY: Notice of public meeting: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA; In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is announcing a meeting of the National...
by Elizabeth | May 22, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Bankruptcy, Biotechnology, Daily Update, Farm Labor, Labor, Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, Water Law
JUDICIAL: FARM LABOR ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JOSHUA STEIN, Defendant. Additional Party Names: Valentin Alvarado Hernandez, Victor Toledo Vences, No. 1:17CV1037, 2019 WL 2162722 (M.D.N.C. May 17, 2019): This case comes before the undersigned United...
by Elizabeth | May 17, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Daily Update, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Food and Nutrition Service, Forest Service, Rural Utilities Service, United States Department of Agriculture
REGULATORY: Notice: Forest Service, USDA; The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service is giving notice of its intent to close the Mark Twain National Forest to the hunting of feral swine in advance of the public comment period for the proposed closure. At the...
by Elizabeth | May 16, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Land Use Regulation
JUDICIAL: James Clinton COYLE, Janice Presley Coyle a/k/a Janice Presley, & Cody Presley, Appellants v. COYLE FAMILY FARM, INC., Coyle Farms P’ship, Mike Coyle, Doug Coyle, Tim Coyle, & Tom Tompkins, Appellees, No. 04-18-00457-CV, 2019 WL 2110692 (Tex....
by Elizabeth | May 15, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Bureau of Land Management, Daily Update, Forest Service, Forestry, Nutrition Programs, Rural Utilities Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Water Law
JUDICIAL: CLAIMANT: Gene J. Klamert OBJECTORS: Daniel W. Iverson; United States of Am. (Bureau of Land Mgmt.) COUNTER OBJECTOR: Ned A. Tranel NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPEAR: Gene J. Klamert; Wilks Ranch Montana LTD., 2019 MT 110 Daniel Iverson and Wilks Ranch Montana, LTD...
by Elizabeth | May 13, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: Carroll Airport Comm’n v. Danner, No. 17-1458, 2019 WL 2063392 (Iowa May 10, 2019); In this appeal, we must determine the legal effect of a “no hazard” letter issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to a farmer who built a...
by Elizabeth | May 10, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, United States Department of Agriculture
REGULATORY: Notice: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA; We are notifying the public that we propose to make changes to the import requirements in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Plants for Planting Manual for imports of Dianthus spp....
by Elizabeth | May 9, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Nutrition Programs
JUDICIAL: BASF PLANT SCIENCE, LP, Plaintiff, v. COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, GRANIS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND NUSEED PTY LTD, Defendants. COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION, GRAINS RESEARCH AND...
by Elizabeth | May 8, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Biosecurity, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Loan Programs, Finance and Credit, Food and Nutrition Service, Food Safety, Forest Service, Forestry, Marketing Orders, Nutrition Programs, Pesticides, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: ISRAEL K. NEGASH, an individual; ETHIO, INC., a Maryland Corp. d/b/a Sunoco Food Mart, Plaintiffs – Appellants, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant – Appellee., No. 18-1869, 2019 WL 2005678 (4th Cir. May 7, 2019) Israel K. Negash and Ethio,...
by Elizabeth | May 7, 2019 | Administrative Law, Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Clean Water Act, Commodity Credit Corporation, Conservation Programs, Crop Insurance, Daily Update, Environmental Law, Farm Bill, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Forest Service, Forestry, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Nutrition Programs, Pesticides, Rural Utilities Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Water Law
JUDICIAL: Clement v. Menard, 2018-497 (La. App. 3 Cir. 5/1/19) This appeal stems from competing claims for injunctive relief involving an irrigation canal right-of-way. The trial court rendered judgment in favor of Norris Clement, Barbara Richard, authorized agent for...
by Elizabeth | May 3, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Pesticides
JUDICIAL: MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND v. COMPLETE LAWN CARE, INC., ET AL. Additional Party Names: Anita Goodman, Conrad Hocking, Croplife Am., Green Gardens, Hessie Harris, Integrated Plant Care, Jessica Fox, Joel Owen, Lancaster Landscapes, Michele Cropp, Newsom...
by Elizabeth | May 1, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Daily Update, Farm Bill, Rural Development, Rural Utilities Service, United States Department of Agriculture
LEGISLATIVE: Bassett v. Dep’t of Ecology, 438 P.3d 563 (Wash. Ct. App. 2019) The Dungeness River in the Olympic Peninsula flows 32 miles from the Olympic Mountains north into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The river and its watershed are home to numerous species of...
by Elizabeth | Apr 30, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Animal Identification, Animal Welfare, Aquaculture, Biosecurity, Clean Water Act, Commodity Credit Corporation, Commodity Programs, Country of Origin Labeling, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Farm Service Agency, Food Safety, Food Safety and Inspection Service, International Trade, Marketing Orders, National Organic Program, National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), Natural Resources Conservation Service, Nutrition Programs, Rural Utilities Service, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: Wild Fish Conservancy v. Cooke Aquaculture Pac. LLC, No. C17-1708-JCC, 2019 WL 1880035 (W.D. Wash. Apr. 26, 2019) Defendant Cooke Aquaculture farms Atlantic salmon at net pen facilities located throughout Puget Sound. (See Dkt. No. 15 at 2.) The Clean Water...
by Elizabeth | Apr 26, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Forest Service, Rural Development, United States Department of Agriculture, Water Law
JUDICIAL: DICKINSON FROZEN FOODS, INC., an Idaho corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J.R. SIMPLOT COMPANY, a Nevada corporation; THOMPSON COBURN, LLP, a Missouri limited liability partnership; YARMUTH WILSDON, PLLC, a Washington professional limited liability...
by Elizabeth | Apr 25, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Landowner Liability
JUDICIAL: Daniel Everette Olean, Appellant, v. Moose Lake CO-OPerative Ass’n, Respondent., No. A18-1328, 2019 WL 1757936 (Minn. Ct. App. Apr. 22, 2019) In June 2015, Olean made a $3,553.77 purchase of fertilizer and glysophate from CO-OP using his credit...
by Elizabeth | Apr 22, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: RICHARD STANSBURY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HOPKINS HARDWOODS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Additional Party Names: Donald Hayes, Jimmy Speaks, Robert Christ, No. 18-5379, 2019 WL 1752608 (6th Cir. Apr. 17, 2019) The Landowners argue that...
