by Elizabeth | Jul 4, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Identification, Business Organizations, Continuing Education, Crop Insurance, Estate Planning, Farm Bill, Federal Loan Programs, Finance and Credit, Food Safety, heirs property, Land Use Regulation, Landowner Liability, Leases, Marketing Orders, Production Contracts, Secured Transactions, Sustainable Agriculture, Taxation, United States Department of Agriculture
–> Posted July, 4 2014 Drake University Law School is partnering with the Farmer Veteran Coalition to host the Midwest Conference for Farmer Veterans on Friday and Saturday, July 25-26, according to a press release available here. The U.S. Department of...
by Elizabeth | Jul 3, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Farm Bill, Indigenous Food and Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted July 3, 2014 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced the availability of $1.7 million in funding to improve the capacity of tribal land-grant colleges to undertake food and agriculture...
by Elizabeth | Jul 3, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 3, 2014 The Agricultural and Food Policy Center (AFPC) at Texas A&M University released a preliminary version of a 2014 Farm Bill decision-aid tool for farmers, according to Texas Corn Producers (TCP) press release available here. Agri-Pulse...
by Elizabeth | Jul 2, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety, Food Safety Modernization Act
–> Posted July 2, 2014 The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) submitted comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) applauding their proposal to exempt animal food from the Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA) intentional adulteration...
by Elizabeth | Jul 1, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Forestry
Posted July 1, 2014 Both Assembly Bill 2142 and Assembly Bill 1867 passed the Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee this week, according to a Sierra Sun Times article available here. The two bills strive to expand existing exemptions in law from the...
