by Elizabeth | Mar 21, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
A Wisconsin court recently ruled that the state’s the right to farm law protects agricultural uses and practices only from actions for damages or abatement, and not forfeiture. In Village of Black Earth v. Black Earth Meat Market (BE Meats), the defendant is a...
by Elizabeth | Mar 17, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update, Commercial Transactions, Landowner Liability
In Woody v. Pembina County Annual Fair Exhibition Ass’n, the North Dakota Supreme Court recently affirmed a district court’s ruling that an annual county fair was protected from negligence liability by recreational use immunity. Plaintiff Audra D. Woody attended...
by Elizabeth | Mar 16, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
Pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the EPA recently announced its intent to cancel the registration of four pesticide products containing the insecticide flubendiamide. The notice identified Bayer CropScience, LP and Nichino...
by Elizabeth | Mar 15, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture Wes Ward will deliver the keynote address, “Agricultural Trade with Cuba,” at the Third Annual Agricultural and Environmental Law Conference. The conference will be held Friday, April 22 in Memphis, TN, at the University of Memphis...
by Elizabeth | Mar 15, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
The Lincoln Star Journal reports Nebraska state legislators are considering a proposed constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to “engage in farming and ranching practices.” The measure would also prevent the Legislature from passing new regulations...
