by Elizabeth | Jul 17, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 17, 2014 This notice announces the annual adjustments to the national average payment rates for meals and snacks served in child care centers, outside-school-hours care centers, at-risk afterschool care centers, and adult day care centers; the food...
by Elizabeth | Jul 17, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 17, 2014 In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to renew an existing approved Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Before...
by Elizabeth | Jul 17, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 17, 2014 The Farm Service Agency (FSA), on behalf of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), has completed a Draft Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (Draft SPEIS) to examine the potential environmental consequences associated...
by Elizabeth | Jul 17, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
–> Posted July 17, 2014 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that exempted red types of potatoes from minimum quality, maturity, pack, marking, and inspection requirements of the Washington...
by Elizabeth | Jul 17, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 17, 2014 This rule revises the rules and regulations of the California date marketing order to impose interest and late payment charges on overdue handler assessments. The order regulates the handling of dates produced or packed in Riverside County,...
by Elizabeth | Jul 17, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 17, 2014 The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is amending its regulation on nondiscrimination in programs or activities conducted by the Department. The changes clarify the roles and responsibilities of USDA’s Office of the...
by Elizabeth | Jul 17, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 17, 2014 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that relaxed the minimum size prescribed for oranges under the marketing order for oranges and grapefruit grown in Lower Rio Grande...
by Elizabeth | Jul 16, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 16, 2014 The Farm Service Agency (FSA), on behalf of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), has completed a Draft Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (Draft SPEIS). It examines the potential environmental consequences...
by Elizabeth | Jul 16, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 16, 2014 In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the general public and other public agencies are encouraged to comment on the proposed information collection. This is a new collection for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
by Elizabeth | Jul 16, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 16, 2014 In response to a request from the Secretary of State for the State of Idaho, the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) has approved amendments to the State of Idaho’s certified central filing system. These...
by Elizabeth | Jul 16, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 16, 2014 As part of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA) strategy to implement Section 7214 of Public Law 113-79, the Agricultural Act of 2014, NIFA is requesting stakeholder input on how to provide priority to Centers of...
by Elizabeth | Jul 15, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Finance and Credit, Taxation, Taxation
Posted July 15, 2014 Ohio Governor John Kasich signed a bill that increases the small business income deduction from 50 percent to 75 percent of the first $250,000 in net business income. Last year the Ohio budget bill included significant tax law changes to deliver a...
by Elizabeth | Jul 15, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Cooperatives
Posted July 15, 2014 The cooperative Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) have agreed to pay $50 million settlement to thousands of Northeast dairy farmers from a 2009 class-action lawsuit, according to an article on MSN by Lisa Rathke available here. The Portland...
by Elizabeth | Jul 14, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Water Law
Posted July 14, 2014 On Friday, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled the 2009 Iowa Environmental Protection Commission water quality regulations valid, according to an SF Gate article by the Associated Press available here. The Des Moines Register also published an...
by Elizabeth | Jul 14, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Conservation Programs, Crop Insurance, Environmental Law, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted July 14, 2014 U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will host a listening session on July 28, according to a USDA NRCS press release available here. This session will take place at Ankeny Fire Station #1,...
by Elizabeth | Jul 10, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 10, 2014 A new fish feed mill is opening in Indiana that will utilize soybeans to feed the aquaculture industry across the Midwest, according to an Agri-News article available here. The Star Press also published an article available hereand the Fish...
by Elizabeth | Jul 9, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 9, 2014 The 115-year-old Kern River oil field is providing another valuable commodity to California’s Central Valley: water, according to a New York Times article by Norimitsu Onishi available here. CNBC also published the NY Times article here....
by Elizabeth | Jul 9, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Law, Animal Welfare, Endangered Species Act
Posted July 9, 2014 On May 15, animal welfare groups agreed to pay $15.7 million to the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, which marked the end of a 14-year-old battle. Now the animal welfare groups are suing their insurers who advised the groups...
by Elizabeth | Jul 9, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biosecurity, Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety, Food Safety Modernization Act
Posted July 9, 2014 The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to exempt dairy farms from new safety food regulations, according to a press release available here. Wisconsin Farmer also published an article...
by Elizabeth | Jul 7, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biofuels, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Renewable Energy
Posted July 7, 2014 On July 2, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued two final rules concerning the renewable fuel standard (RFS), according to a Biomass article by Erin Voegele available here. A recent blog post on RFS is available here. The...
