by Elizabeth | Sep 30, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, International Trade
Posted September 30, 2014 Trade talks with Japan experienced a bumpy week when both countries blamed the other for a “stalemate over farm exports,” according to a Reuters article by Krista Hughes and Linda Sieg available here. Wisconsin Ag Connection also...
by Elizabeth | Sep 29, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted September 29, 2014 An Eloy farm owner, Michael McKenzie, is battling the Pinal County Assessor’s Office to prove his small-scale organic operation is an “active farm,” according to a TriValley Central article by Melissa St. Aude available here. Pinal...
by Elizabeth | Sep 25, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
–> Posted September 25, 2014 Reps. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., and Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa have introduced a bill titled the Bridge to a Clean Energy Future Act of 2014, or H.R. 5559, according to an Ethanol Producer article by Erin Voegele available here. BioMass...
by Elizabeth | Sep 24, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted September 24, 2014 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will start tracking animal cruelty cases, according to a USA Today article by Susan Wyatt available here. Newswire also published an article available hereand Huffington Post here. Local...
by Elizabeth | Sep 23, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted September 23, 2014 The Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR) and three irrigation water providers will conduct the state’s first extensive winter aquifer recharge effort, according to a Capital Press article by John O’Connell available here....