by Elizabeth | Feb 6, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Liens, Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Animal Identification, Bankruptcy, Biosecurity, Biotechnology, Conservation Programs, Crop Insurance, Daily Update, Department of Labor, Environmental Protection Agency, Farm Labor, Farm Service Agency, Federal Loan Programs, Finance and Credit, Food and Nutrition Service, Food Safety, Immigration, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Labor, Land Use Regulation, Landowner Liability, Marketing Orders, Meat Processing, Nutrition Programs, Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, Pesticides, Specialty Crops, United States Department of Agriculture, Water Law
JUDICIAL: OAKDALE GROUNDWATER ALLIANCE et al., Plaintiffs & Respondents, v. OAKDALE IRRIGATION DISTRICT, Defendant & Appellant. Additional Party Names: Louis F. Brichetto, Robert N. Frobose, No. F077281, 2019 WL 396859 (Cal. Ct. App. Jan. 31, 2019) On March...
by Elizabeth | Feb 1, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Food and Nutrition Service, United States Department of Agriculture
REGULATORY: Interim final rule with request for comments: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. This rule will remove seven voluntary U.S. grade standards and one consumer standard for fresh fruits and vegetables from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). This...
by Elizabeth | Jan 31, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service
JUDICIAL: PEGASUS EQUINE GUARDIAN ASS’N v. U.S. ARMY, ET AL. Additional Party Names: Patrick D. Frank, No. 2:17-CV-0980, 2019 WL 362598 (W.D. La. Jan. 28, 2019) Before the court is a Motion for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief [doc. 102] filed by Kimberly...
by Elizabeth | Jan 30, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Fair Labor Standards Act, Farm Labor, Immigration, Labor, Landowner Liability, Water Law
JUDICIAL: JESUS SILVA RODRIGUEZ & RIGOBERTO ZEPEDA LOA, Plaintiffs, v. RCO REFORESTING, INC. & ROBERTO OCHOA, Defendants., No. 2:16-CV-2523 WBS DMC, 2019 WL 331159 (E.D. Cal. Jan. 25, 2019) Plaintiffs Jesus Rodriguez and Rigoberto Loa brought this action...
by Elizabeth | Jan 28, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update
JUDICIAL: Smith v. Meyring Cattle Co., L.L.C., 302 Neb. 116 (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 matter of law,...
by Elizabeth | Jan 25, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update
JUDICIAL: SUSAN M. STEELE, Plaintiff & Appellant, v. BELL-CARTER FOODS, INC, ET AL., Defendants & Respondents., No. A151952, 2019 WL 312146 (Cal. Ct. App. Jan. 24, 2019) Susan Steele (Steele) cracked her tooth while eating an olive that contained a pit or pit...
by Elizabeth | Jan 24, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update
JUDICIAL: BETH BERAROV, & ANNELISA BINDRA, Plaintiffs, v. ARCHERS-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY, & ADM ALLIANCE NUTRITION, INC., Defendants., No. 16 C 7355, 2019 WL 277717 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 22, 2019) After plaintiffs’ horses died from ingestion of monensin, plaintiff...
by Elizabeth | Jan 23, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Welfare, Bankruptcy, Daily Update
JUDICIAL: CAPERGY US, LLC, Plaintiff, v. SAG REALTY, LLC & SCOTT GARDNER, Defendants., No. 1:18-CV-00214-JDL, 2019 WL 267700 (D. Me. Jan. 18, 2019) In 2016, Capergy US, LLC (“Capergy”), SAG Realty, LLC (“SAG”), and a third party formed EMEP, LLC (“EMEP”), a Maine...
by Elizabeth | Jan 18, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Welfare, Bureau of Land Management, Conservation Programs, Daily Update, Endangered Species Act, Farm Labor, Immigration, Labor, Leases
<There are no Federal Register postings at this time, because of the partial federal government shutdown> JUDICIAL: CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, et al., Defendants., No. 3:17-CV-553-LRH-WGC, 2019 WL...
by Elizabeth | Jan 17, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Antitrust, Daily Update, Endangered Species Act, Farm Bill, Federal Loan Programs, Finance and Credit, Land Ownership, Landowner Liability, Packers and Stockyards Act, Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, Water Law
JUDICIAL: IN RE: SANDERSON AND KOCH BROILER CHICKEN GROWER LITIGATION, No. 7:18-CV-31-D, 2019 WL 206094 (E.D.N.C. Jan. 15, 2019) On February 21, 2018, Plaintiffs on behalf of themselves and other similarly situated broiler chicken growers, filed a complaint against...
by Elizabeth | Jan 16, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Daily Update, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL Mittelstadt v. Perdue, No. 17-2447, 2019 WL 191045 (7th Cir. Jan. 15, 2019) Mark Mittelstadt owned a tract of land in Richland County, Wisconsin, that was enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program(“CRP”), administered by the United States Department...
by Elizabeth | Jan 15, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update
There were no relevant cases from today.
by Elizabeth | Jan 14, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: SUSAN G. MARTIN, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Defendant., No. CV 118-009, 2019 WL 166554 (S.D. Ga. Jan. 10, 2019) Before the Court is the United States’ motion to dismiss. The United States filed a statement of interest in...
by Elizabeth | Jan 11, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Conservation Programs, Daily Update, Water Law
JUDICIAL: IN RE: WAYNE BAILEY, INC., Debtor., No. 18-00284-5-SWH, 2019 WL 137110 (Bankr. E.D.N.C. Jan. 8, 2019)The matter before the Court is the “Objection to PACA Claim No. 80 Filed by Millstream Farming, Inc.” (“Objection”) filed by Wayne Bailey, Inc. (“Debtor”) on...
by Elizabeth | Jan 9, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update
There are no Federal Register updates due to the partial government shutdown. Additionally, Federal Courts are releasing less Judicial Opinions due to the partial shutdown, and many courts take a break between Christmas and New Years.
by Elizabeth | Jan 8, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update
JUDICIAL, REGULATORY & LEGISLATIVE There was no relevant cases today.
by Elizabeth | Jan 7, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Liens, Bankruptcy, Daily Update, Farm Labor, Farm Service Agency, Food and Nutrition Service, Labor, Nutrition Programs, Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: Crane Fortune, Inc. et al., Plaintiffs, v. United States of Am., Defendant., No. 4:17-CV-3323, 2018 WL 6928539 (S.D. Tex. Dec. 12, 2018), report and recommendation adopted sub nom. CRANE FORTUNE LLC; dba 24 SEVEN # 3; aka MOMIN; aka ALI Plaintiffs v. UNITED...
by Elizabeth | Jan 6, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update
Welcome to the Ag & Food Law Blog, a comprehensive news, research, and information resource on agricultural and food law for the nation’s agricultural community. It is provided by the National Agricultural Law Center,...
by Elizabeth | Jan 4, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update
Judicial: NUEVOS DESTINOS, LLC, et al., Plaintiffs, v. SAMUEL PECK, et al., Defendants., No. 15-CV-1846 (EGS), 2019 WL 78780 (D.D.C. Jan. 2, 2019): This action arises out of an alleged racketeering scheme spanning about eight years whereby defendants—twenty-two...
by Elizabeth | Jan 3, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Daily Update
JUDICIAL CALTEC AG, Plaintiff & Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF PESTICIDE REGULATION et al., Defendants & Respondents., No. F074334, 2019 WL 76806 (Cal. Ct. App. Jan. 2, 2019) Appellant Caltec Ag, Inc. (Caltec) challenges a final administrative decision of the...
