by Elizabeth | Sep 24, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update
Earlier today, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) filed suit against the United States Department of Agriculture in an attempt to void a contract between the National Pork Board (NPB) and the National Pork Producer’s Council(NPPC). The NPB is the...
by Elizabeth | Sep 24, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update
The National Agricultural Law Center is hosting a series of producer workshop meetings throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas that will focus on farm bill reauthorization, federal crop insurance, environmental regulation, and other current legal and...
by Elizabeth | Sep 21, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agritourism, Animal Welfare, Antitrust, Biotechnology, Continuing Education, Farm Bill, Intellectual Property, International Trade
The American Agricultural Law Association (AALA) will hold its 33rd Annual Conference in Nashville, Tennessee from October 18-20 at the Downtown Sheraton Hotel. The conference will focus on a number of agricultural law issues, including the farm bill, food law,...
by Elizabeth | Sep 20, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update, Farm Bill
At 5:00 p.m. EST today (September 20), Senator Stabenow will host a teleconference to discuss the 2012 Farm Bill. For more information on farm bills, visit the National Agricultural Law Center. The Center provides many materials relevant to the farm bill, including a...
by Elizabeth | Sep 19, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Forest Service, Forestry, National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), Water Law
Two cases on the stormwater discharge exemption for forestry roads, Decker, et al.v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center,et al. and Georgia-Pacific West, Inc., et al. v. Northwest Environmental Defense Fund, et al., have been consolidated and granted...
