by Elizabeth | Mar 25, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
The USDA has extended the filing deadline for the USDA Hispanic and Women Farmers and Ranchers Claims Process to May 1, 2013. In the USDA press release, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack stated: Hispanic and women farmers who believe they have faced discriminatory...
by Elizabeth | Mar 5, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Judge Brian S. Miller, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, has dismissed with prejudice a lawsuit brought by several rice farmers against several poultry companies, specifically including Tyson Foods, Inc., Simmons Food, Inc.,...
by Elizabeth | Mar 1, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Monsanto, Co. has announced its plans to file an appeal of a recent ruling over a patent correction covering its Ready Roundup soybean product, RR1. The ruling was made by a judge of the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice. In a press release issued in late February,...
by Elizabeth | Feb 28, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
On March 6, from 12-1 p.m. (Central), the Arkansas Bar Association will host a webinar covering state and federal law water issues. The focus of the presentation will be on issues relevant to Arkansas. In every region of the state, issues involving water law are...
by Elizabeth | Feb 15, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Senator Debbie Stabenow, (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, will convene a Committee hearing, “Oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission”, on Wednesday, February 27 at 2:30 p.m. EST. The...
