by Elizabeth | Jul 12, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update, Crop Insurance, Farm Bill, Nutrition Programs
The New York Times reports that the House Agriculture Committee voted to pass its version of a new farm bill that cuts $12 billion more from “SNAP” than a Senate bill passed last month and adds several new crop insurance and price support programs to protect...
by Elizabeth | Jul 11, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update
A Senate amendment that would have made mandatory checkoffs for soybeans and other crops voluntary has been defeated. Alan Kemper, chairman of the American Soybean Association, told AgriNews that the defeat of the amendment likely ensures the continuance of the...
by Elizabeth | Jul 11, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update
The 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Law Association will be held October 18-20, 2012 at the downtown Sheraton Hotel 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. If you are interested in networking with attorneys and other professionals who work in agriculture and...
by Elizabeth | Jul 11, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update
In Wisconsin, the state Supreme Court has ruled that rural towns do not have the authority to enforce tougher water-quality standards on livestock farms than what has already been set by the state. The Washington Post reports that the town of “Magnolia, a...
by Elizabeth | Jul 11, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, NALC Resources, Webinar
On July 24, 2012 from 12-1 Eastern, the National Agricultural Law Center, a unit of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, will provide a free webinar titled, “The Clean Water Act, EPA Regulation, and the Future of Farming.” Full...
