by Elizabeth | Aug 27, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Hemp, Specialty Crops
Posted August 27, 2013 The University of Kentucky recently released a study on the economic feasibility of hemp. The study, available here, concludes that the currently illegal crop could be a profitable option for farmers in areas like Central Kentucky and...
by Elizabeth | Aug 27, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted August 27, 2013 Over 150 farm and food businesses and organizations signed a letter calling for USDA to improve its oversight of field trials involving experimental genetically modified crops (GM), according to a Reuters article. The letter is a response to...
by Elizabeth | Aug 26, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted August 26, 2013 Senators Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Mark Pryor (D-AR) recently sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expressing concern about the agency’s plan to retroactively enforce the Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure...
by Elizabeth | Aug 26, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted August 26, 2013 USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) has released a final rule on “Weighing; Feed and Swine Contractors” according to the Federal Register notice, available here. The final rule amends regulations issued under...
by Elizabeth | Aug 26, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Country of Origin Labeling, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted August 26, 2013 On August 20, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia entered an order granting a motion by several organizations to intervene in a lawsuit which seeks to stop the implementation of USDA’s country of origin labeling (COOL)...
