by Elizabeth | Jul 28, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 28, 2014 The Farm Credit Administration (FCA) is proposing to amend the regulations governing the eligibility of investments held by Farm Credit banks. These regulations would be improved by reinforcing that only high quality investments may be...
by Elizabeth | Jul 25, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 25, 2014 All updates to the Agricultural Law Bibliography for the second quarter of 2014 have been posted on the National Agricultural Center’s website. For a listing of the most recent updates, click here. The bibliography, spanning over 50 years...
by Elizabeth | Jul 25, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 25, 2014 Peter Laufer, a writer and professor of journalism at the University of Oregon, doesn’t just wonder, researched the food label “organic,” according to a NPR blog post available here. TakePart also published an article on organic food...
by Elizabeth | Jul 25, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Conservation Programs, Federal Loan Programs, Finance and Credit, Rural Development, Rural Utilities Service, Transportation, United States Department of Agriculture, Water Law
Posted July 25, 2014 CoBank announced that it has joined with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to create a new public-private partnership focused on infrastructure investment in rural America, according to a press release. The New York Times also...
by Elizabeth | Jul 23, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Nutrition Programs
Posted July 23, 2014 Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, will convene a Committee hearing on Wednesday, July 23 at 9:30 a.m., according to a press release. Wisconsin Ag Connection also...
by Elizabeth | Jul 23, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 23, 2014 Agriculture Undersecretary Kevin Concannon announced the release of a Request for Applications from states interested in participating in the Pilot Project for Procurement of Unprocessed Fruits and Vegetables authorized by the 2014 Farm...
by Elizabeth | Jul 22, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Finance and Credit
Posted July 22, 2014 Several System institutions responded to the Farm Credit Administration’s (FCA) July 2013 request for comments on the initiative to reduce regulatory burden for Farm Credit System (FCS) institutions by identifying regulations that...
by Elizabeth | Jul 21, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
–> Posted July 21, 2014 An Indiana judge issued a summary judgment this week stating that the Indiana Right to Farm Act is constitutional and ruled in favor of farms in four different lawsuits, according to a National Hog Farmer article available here. A...
by Elizabeth | Jul 21, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biotechnology, Commodity Programs, Crop Insurance, Farm Bill, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted July 21, 2014 On July 10, the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management held a hearing to examine the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s efforts as it implements the new commodity and crop insurance titles of the Agricultural Act...
by Elizabeth | Jul 21, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Disaster Assistance Programs, Farm Bill
Posted July 21, 2014 Western United Dairymen (WUD) will host a series of informational workshops in August and September on the new Margin Protection Program, which is part of the 2014 Farm Bill, according to a WUD press release. There will be 12 workshops held...
by Elizabeth | Jul 21, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 21, 2014 The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is accepting stakeholder feedback in the form of content requests for the 2017 Census of Agriculture. The census is required by law under the Census of Agriculture Act of 1997, Public Law...
by Elizabeth | Jul 21, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 21, 2014 In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)’ intention to request emergency approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and invites the general public and...
by Elizabeth | Jul 21, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 21, 2014 Under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program, producers and importers of renewable fuel generate Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs), which are used by petroleum refiners and importers, to comply with the renewable fuel volume...
by Elizabeth | Jul 21, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
–> –> Posted July 21, 2014 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the Asian longhorned beetle regulations by removing portions of Middlesex and Union Counties, NJ, from the...
by Elizabeth | Jul 21, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 21, 2014 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing an amendment to the fruits and vegetables regulations that allow the importation of fresh apples (Malus pumila) from China into the continental United States. Apples from areas...
by Elizabeth | Jul 21, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, International Trade
Posted July 21, 2014 China is growing significantly less cotton than in the past, which creates opportunities for the U.S., according to a Delta Farm Press article by Hembree Brandon available here. “Three years ago, China produced 35 million bales; two years...
by Elizabeth | Jul 21, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 21, 2014 The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) establishes the “Malibu Coast” viticultural area, which covers approximately 44,590 acres in portions of Los Angeles County and Ventura County, California. The Federal Register is available here....
by Elizabeth | Jul 21, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 21, 2014 This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of zoxamide in or on onion, bulb, subgroup 3-07A. Gowan Company requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). The Federal Register is available here....
by Elizabeth | Jul 18, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 18, 2014 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing a rule to recognize the State of Sonora, a region in Mexico, to be free of fever ticks. They would also establish an exemption from acaricide dipping treatment...
by Elizabeth | Jul 17, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 17, 2014 This Notice announces the annual adjustments to the “national average payments,” the amount of money the Federal Government provides States for lunches, afterschool snacks and breakfasts served to children participating in the National School...
