by Elizabeth | Jan 16, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Conservation Programs, Farm Bill, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture
–> Posted January 16, 2015 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that more than $370 million in Federal funding as part of the new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), according to a USDA release...
by Elizabeth | Jan 16, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Antitrust
Posted January 16, 2015 A Washington legislator is fighting for an “ag-gag” law, House Bill 1104, according to a Farms article available here. Capital Press also published an article available hereand Food Safety News here. The law would make it illegal to record...
by Elizabeth | Jan 13, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted January 13, 2015 The Indiana Senate Agriculture Committee delayed a bill vote that would give the state more power deciding the fate of confined animal feeding, according to an IndyStar article available here. The Shelbyville News also published an...
by Elizabeth | Jan 13, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Crop Insurance
Posted January 13, 2015 Senator Chuck Schumer is establishing an insurance program benefiting Capital region farmers growing malt barley for craft beer and distilling industry, according to a Daily Journal article available here. ABC News10 also published an...
by Elizabeth | Jan 12, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Finance and Credit, International Trade
Posted January 12, 2015 Many U.S. farm groups, including Cargill, CoBank, and American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) have launched the U.S. Agriculture for Coalition for Cuba (USACC), according to an Agriculture article available here. Agri-Pulse also published...
