Posted August 28, 2013 The intersection of food safety and technology will be prominently...
Ag & Food Law Update
RMA Clarifies Prevented Planting Standards for Crop Insurance Coverage
Posted August 28, 2013 USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced a Special Provision...
Charitable Agricultural Research Act Introduced in Congress
Posted August 27, 2013 Members of both houses of Congress recently introduced new...
Study Shows Possible Profit from Hemp Production in Kentucky
Posted August 27, 2013 The University of Kentucky recently released a study on the economic...
Letter to USDA: Improve Oversight of GMO Field Trials
Posted August 27, 2013 Over 150 farm and food businesses and organizations signed a letter calling...
Senators: EPA Should Not Require Farmers to Comply with Spill Rules
Posted August 26, 2013 Senators Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Mark Pryor (D-AR) recently sent a...
GIPSA Releases Final Rule on Weighing; Feed and Swine Contractors
Posted August 26, 2013 USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) has...
Federal Court Allows Groups to Intervene in Support of COOL
Posted August 26, 2013 On August 20, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia...
EPA Releases New Pesticide Labels to Protect Bees
Posted August 23, 2013 Last week, the EPA released new pesticide labels in an effort to...
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Issues Two Marketing Order Final Rules
Posted August 23, 2013 USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) recently issued two...