by Elizabeth | Apr 24, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Finance and Credit, International Trade
Posted April 24, 2015 Sens. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., and John Boozman, R-Ark., introduced a bill today that would allow banks to finance agricultural exports sent to Cuba, helping to open up Cuban markets to American farmers and ranchers, according to an...
by Elizabeth | Apr 22, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biotechnology, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Food Safety, Pesticides, United States Department of Agriculture
–> Posted April 22, 2014 U.S. regulators may start testing food products for residues of the world’s most widely used herbicide as public concern rises over possible links to disease, according to Reuters. Food Safety News also published an article...
by Elizabeth | Apr 22, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted April 22, 2014 A New York judge ruled this week to grant lawyers representing two chimpanzees a hearing to challenge the animals’ confinement, according to Time. AAAS Science also published an article here, The New York Times here, and The Wall Street...
by Elizabeth | Apr 13, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Meat Processing, United States Department of Agriculture, Water Law
Posted April 13, 2015 An environmental group is threatening to sue Bartels Packing, a Lane County slaughterhouse and meat packaging firm, for multiple violations of the federal Clean Water Act, according to a Register Guard article available here. The Eugene...
by Elizabeth | Apr 9, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Continuing Education, Estate Planning, Taxation, Webinar
–> Posted April 9, 2015 The Ohio State University Extension’s Agriculture Law & Taxation Blog is host a planning for nursing home costs and Medicaid webinar for farmers. Craig Vandervoort, Sitterly & Vandervoort, Ltd., is hosting the webinar and it is...
