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Clearing the Air: Maryland Court Finds State Must Regulate Gaseous Ammonia Under CWA
A judge in a Maryland Circuit Court ruled in a decision released earlier this month that the state...
Legal Checkup on Checkoffs: R-CALF, States’ Beef Councils, and the Ongoing First Amendment Challenge to the Beef Checkoff
Harrison Pittman Introduction On May 2, 2016 Ranchers-Cattlemen Legal Defense Fund, United...
Hot Topics in Environmental Law: Recent Developments in 2021
The beginning of 2021 has seen major developments in several ongoing issues involving...
Lending for Livestock, Credit for Crops: UCC Agricultural Liens
Many agricultural producers borrow money to successfully run their operations. Typically, the...
The Clean Water Act, the Corps, & Section 404
The Clean Water Act of 1972 (“CWA”) is the principal statute governing water quality in the United...
Industrial Hemp Production Contracts
Rusty Rumley Introduction Industrial hemp production has created some unique and novel...
Environmentalists Challenge EPA Over Flood Project
A coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency...
Ninth Circuit Upholds Decision to Vacate General CWA Permit
On February 11, 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court opinion finding...
Livestock Dealer Trust: Payment Protection for Sellers
On December 21, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act (“CAA”) passed both houses of Congress...