by Elizabeth | May 28, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Water Law
Posted May 28, 2014 A northwest Iowa cattle producer has agreed to a pay a court ordered $12,000 fine for improperly applying manure on fields that flowed into a tributary of a local creek in 2012, according to an article by The Associated Press available here. WCF...
by Elizabeth | May 28, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Conservation Programs, Environmental Law, Farm Bill, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted May 28, 2014 On Tuesday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) traveled to Michigan to launch a new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) program to fund public-private partnerships to reduce...
by Elizabeth | May 28, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Disaster Assistance Programs, Water Law
Posted May 28, 2014 The California Farm Bureau Federation (CFBF) applauded the U.S. Senate’s passage of bill to address water problems caused by the drought and urged Congress to begin negotiations to reconcile the bill with legislation passed earlier by the House...
by Elizabeth | May 28, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Cooperatives, Crop Insurance, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted May 28, 2014 Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., and Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to consider delaying the final crop insurance planting deadline for corn this year and other crops in the coming years, according to an...
by Elizabeth | May 27, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted May 27, 2014 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is gearing up with thermal imaging weapons to kill feral hogs, which cause about $1.5 billion in damages every year to farm communities and fields, according to an article on Reuters by P.J. Huffstutter...
