by Elizabeth | Mar 19, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Pesticides, United States Department of Agriculture
GENOSOURCE, LLC, Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant, v. INGURAN, LLC, d/b/a SEXING TECHNOLOGIES, Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff. INGURAN, LLC, d/b/a SEXING TECHNOLOGIES, Third-Party Plaintiff,, No. 18-CV-113-CJW-KEM, 2019 WL 1210111 (N.D. Iowa Mar. 14, 2019) Dairy Farm and...
by Elizabeth | Mar 15, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Antitrust, Biosecurity, Biotechnology, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Fair Labor Standards Act, Farm Labor, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Food Safety, Forestry, Grain Inspection Packers & Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), Immigration, International Trade, Labor, Marketing Orders, Pesticides, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: Ramos v. Stone Forestry Servs., Inc., No. 2:18-CV-02942, 2019 WL 1170769 (D.S.C. Mar. 13, 2019): Plaintiffs Jose H. Plaintiffs are both Mexican nationals who were admitted to the United States as temporary guest workers under 8 U.S.C. §...
by Elizabeth | Mar 14, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Environmental Law, National Environmental Policy Act
JUDICIAL: St. Bernard Par. Gov’t v. United States, 916 F.3d 987 (Fed. Cir. 2019); St. Bernard Parish in Louisiana (“St. Bernard”) has appealed from an order of the Court of Federal Claims dismissing its breach of contract claim for lack of jurisdiction. On...
by Elizabeth | Mar 13, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Biotechnology, Daily Update, Fair Labor Standards Act, Farm Labor, Farm Service Agency, Food Safety, Labor, Pesticides, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: Ulloa v. Fancy Farms, Inc., No. 18-10536, 2019 WL 1077272, (11th Cir. Mar. 7, 2019) This is an appeal from the district court’s order granting summary judgment to defendant/appellee, Fancy Farms, Inc. (“Fancy Farms”), on claims for violation of the Fair...
by Elizabeth | Mar 12, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Biosecurity, Commodity Credit Corporation, Conservation Programs, Crop Insurance, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Farm Bill, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Food Labeling, Food Safety, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Foreign Agricultural Service, Marketing Orders, NALC Resources, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Nutrition Programs, Pesticides, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: Roosevelt Irrigation Dist., Plaintiff, v. United States of Am., et al., Defendants. Salt River Project Agric. Improvement & Power Dist., et al., Counter-Claimants/ Cross-Claimants,, No. CV-15-00448-PHX-JJT, 2019 WL 1087939 (D. Ariz. Mar. 7, 2019) At...
by Elizabeth | Mar 8, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Animal Welfare, Crop Insurance, Daily Update, Fair Labor Standards Act, Farm Labor, Federal Loan Programs, Finance and Credit, Food and Drug Administration, Food and Nutrition Service, Food Labeling, Food Safety, Labor, Marketing Orders, National Organic Program, Nutrition Programs, Pesticides, Rural Development, Rural Utilities Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Veterinary Law
JUDICIAL: Backus v. Conagra Brands, Inc., No. C 16-00454 WHA, 2019 WL 1046025 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 5, 2019) Plaintiff brought this putative class action in January 2016 against defendant’s use and mislabeling of artificial trans fats in its margarine products. For many...
by Elizabeth | Mar 6, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Pesticides, Rural Utilities Service, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: W. States Petroleum Ass’n v. Envtl. Quality Comm’n, 296 Or. App. 298 (2019): Petitioners challenge the validity of the administrative rules adopted by respondent Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) that address low carbon fuel standards (OAR...
by Elizabeth | Mar 5, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: Application for Water Rights of Well Augmentation Subdistrict of Cent. Colorado Water Conservancy Dist., 2019 CO 12; Centennial appealed from an order of the water court dismissing its objection to the Well Augmentation Subdistrict’s proposal to use...
by Elizabeth | Mar 1, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Daily Update, Food and Nutrition Service, Rural Utilities Service, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: ORGANIC TRADE ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT, OF AGRICULTURE, et al., Defendants., No. CV 17-1875 (RMC), 2019 WL 954774 (D.D.C. Feb. 27, 2019): On January 19, 2017, the last day of the administration of former President Barack Obama, the...
by Elizabeth | Feb 28, 2019 | Administrative Law, Ag & Food Law Update, Bankruptcy, Crop Insurance, Daily Update, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Farm Labor, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Fish and Wildlife Service, Immigration, Labor
JUDICIAL: Nat. Res. Def. Council v. Bernhardt, No. 105CV01207LJOEPG, 2019 WL 937872 (E.D. Cal. Feb. 26, 2019) On March 12, 2018, Plaintiffs, a coalition of environmental interest groups led by the Natural Resources Defense Council (“NRDC”), filed the currently...
by Elizabeth | Feb 27, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Biosecurity, Biotechnology, Daily Update, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Loan Programs, Finance and Credit, Food Safety, Forest Service, Forestry, Pesticides, United States Department of Agriculture
REGULATORY: Final rule: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of waxes and waxy substances, rice bran, oxidized when used as an inert ingredient in pesticide formulations...
by Elizabeth | Feb 25, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Rural Utilities Service
JUDICIAL: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. BRANDEN JOSHUA LABATTE & TIMOTHY LABATTE, Defendants., No. 1:17-CV-01031-CBK, 2019 WL 858638 (D.S.D. Feb. 22, 2019) On December 7, 2017, plaintiff filed a complaint against defendants to foreclose on secured...
by Elizabeth | Feb 22, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Daily Update, Rural Utilities Service, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: DANONE, US, LLC, Plaintiff, v. CHOBANI, LLC, Defendant., No. 18 CIV. 11702 (CM), 2019 WL 760040 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 23, 2019); “This case is the latest in a series of culture wars between two of the biggest players in the market for yogurt and related...
by Elizabeth | Feb 20, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Daily Update, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: Allen v. State, 2019 CO 6, 433 P.3d 581 This case concerns whether a water court has jurisdiction to consider a claim for inverse condemnation alleging a judicial taking of shares in a mutual ditch company. The water court dismissed plaintiff-appellant Sam...
by Elizabeth | Feb 18, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Farm Bill, Food and Nutrition Service, United States Department of Agriculture
LEGISLATIVE: Dairy v. Harry Shelton Livestock, LLC, No. 18-CV-06357-RMI, 2019 WL 631493 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 14, 2019) On October 17, 2018, Plaintiffs filed a complaint through which they claimed breach of contract, fraud, and negligence. Plaintiffs are a California...
by Elizabeth | Feb 15, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Daily Update, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: Smith v. Meyring Cattle Co., L.L.C., 302 Neb. 116, 921 N.W.2d 820 (2019); A ranch employee was injured, allegedly as a result of the ranch’s herding dog nipping at a cow, causing the cow to charge into the employee. The question presented is whether, as a...
by Elizabeth | Feb 14, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Farm Service Agency
JUDICIAL: Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. Dominique’s Livestock Mkt. Inc., No. 6:18-CV-00496, 2019 WL 512106 (W.D. La. Feb. 7, 2019) Before the Court is the unopposed Motion for Summary Judgment,1 Rec. Doc. [25], filed by Interpleader-Defendant, Dominique’s...
by Elizabeth | Feb 11, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal Welfare, Bankruptcy, Biosecurity, Conservation Programs, Daily Update, Environmental Law, Fair Labor Standards Act, Farm Labor, Food and Nutrition Service, Immigration, Labor, Marketing Orders, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Nutrition Programs, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: G.W. Palmer & Co. v. Fla. Fresh Produce Corp., No. 217CV657FTM29MRM, 2019 WL 480501 (M.D. Fla. Feb. 7, 2019): This matter comes before the Court on plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment (Doc. #75) filed on October 3, 2018. No responses have been filed,...
by Elizabeth | Feb 8, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Water Law
JUDICIAL: In re: WAGGONER CATTLE, LLC, Debtor. LONE STAR STATE BANK OF WEST TEXAS, Plaintiff, v. RABO AGRIFINANCE, LLC, WAGGONER CATTLE, LLC, CLIFF HANGER CATTLE, LLC, CIRCLE W OF DIMMITT, INC., Defendants., No. 18-20126-RLJ-11, 2019 WL 469367 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. Feb....
by Elizabeth | Feb 7, 2019 | Administrative Law, Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Liens, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Bankruptcy, Biofuels, Biotechnology, Carbon, Climate Change, Conservation Programs, Crop Insurance, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Farm Labor, Farm Service Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Federal Meat Inspection Act, Food Safety, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Forest Service, Forestry, Immigration, Intellectual Property, Labor, Landowner Liability, Meat Processing, Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, Pesticides, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: Rocky Mountain Farmers Union v. Corey, 913 F.3d 940 (9th Cir. 2019) In 2013, the Ninth Circuit decided the first appeal in a long-running, complex challenge to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) under the Commerce Clause in Rocky Mountain Farmers...
