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...