by Elizabeth | Jul 9, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 9, 2014 The 115-year-old Kern River oil field is providing another valuable commodity to California’s Central Valley: water, according to a New York Times article by Norimitsu Onishi available here. CNBC also published the NY Times article here....
by Elizabeth | Jul 9, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Law, Animal Welfare, Endangered Species Act
Posted July 9, 2014 On May 15, animal welfare groups agreed to pay $15.7 million to the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, which marked the end of a 14-year-old battle. Now the animal welfare groups are suing their insurers who advised the groups...
by Elizabeth | Jul 9, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biosecurity, Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety, Food Safety Modernization Act
Posted July 9, 2014 The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to exempt dairy farms from new safety food regulations, according to a press release available here. Wisconsin Farmer also published an article...
by Elizabeth | Jul 7, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biofuels, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Renewable Energy
Posted July 7, 2014 On July 2, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued two final rules concerning the renewable fuel standard (RFS), according to a Biomass article by Erin Voegele available here. A recent blog post on RFS is available here. The...
by Elizabeth | Jul 4, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 4, 2014 A second Chinese citizen has been charged by federal agents in an alleged scheme to steal high-tech corn seed developed by Monsanto Co., DuPont Co., and LG Seeds, according to a St. Louis Business Journal article by Diana Barr available here. The...
