by Elizabeth | Sep 17, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
–> Posted September 17, 2014 Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow is developing new legislation to change how the government reviews foreign investors’ purchases of American companies, according to an U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee...
by Elizabeth | Sep 16, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted September 16, 2014 After all the votes have been recounted, the Missouri Amendment One, “Right to Farm,” stands, according to an Ozarks First article by Matt Lupoli available here. Feedstuffs also published an article available hereand The Republic here....
by Elizabeth | Sep 12, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Disaster Assistance Programs, Farm Bill
Posted September 12, 2014 Debbie Stabenow, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman, was awarded the World Food Program USA’s McGovern-Dole Leadership Award, according to an Agri-Pulse article by Daniel Enoch available here. The award is the highest honor...
by Elizabeth | Sep 10, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Checkoff Programs, Commodity Programs, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted September 10, 2014 The National Farmers Union (NFU) board of directors has voted to withdraw from the beef checkoff working group, according to a NFU release available here. MeatingPlace also published an article available here and Cattle Network here....
by Elizabeth | Sep 9, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Crop Insurance, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted September 9, 2014 The cost of the federal crop insurance program and farm sector income and wealth has grown significantly since 2003. The cost has risen from an average of $3.4 billion per year in 2003 to $8.4 billion a year for fiscal years 2008...
