by Elizabeth | Apr 29, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
The University of Nebraska College of Law has announced a course for the upcoming summer intersession that is “designed to help students understand the existing legal structure and theory involved in modern animal science.” The course will be a valuable...
by Elizabeth | Apr 29, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted April 29, 2014 The USDA has launched a national effort to reduce damage caused by feral swine, according to an article by the Southwest Farm Press available here. Pork Network also reported on the story here. “Feral swine are one of the more destructive...
by Elizabeth | Apr 29, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted April 29, 2014 The Iowa legislature recently passed a bill to extend the state’s biodiesel tax credit, according to an article by the Des Moines Register available here. The bill, S.F. 2344, extends the “tax credit of 2 cents per gallon on the first 25...
by Elizabeth | Apr 28, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Cooperatives, Farm Bill, Foreign Agricultural Service, International Trade, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted April 28, 2014 USDA’s export programs are now operational after funding lapsed without a farm bill last year, according to USDA foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Phil Karsting. Des Moines’s WHO TV reported on the story here. Secretary of...
by Elizabeth | Apr 28, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Crop Insurance, Farm Service Agency
Posted April 28, 2014 Texas A&M is developing a “crop policy decision aid instrument” to assist farmers in determining which new farm program option will fit best with a particular farm or crop, according to an article by Farm Futures available here. The tool...
by Elizabeth | Apr 28, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food Labeling
Posted April 28, 2014 Last week the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the food labeling case, POM Wonderful v. Coca-Cola. Ronald Mann from SCOTUS Blog wrote a thorough analysis of the argument here. Forbes, the New York Times, and Reason Magazine also...
by Elizabeth | Apr 25, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety, Food Safety Modernization Act
Posted April 25, 2014 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will reconsider a controversial rule that was recently criticized by dairies, breweries, and legislators, according to an article by The Hill available here. The proposed rule is part of the...
by Elizabeth | Apr 25, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, International Trade
Posted April 25, 2014 A small provision in a Coast Guard bill could have a damaging impact on the federal government’s foreign food aid, according to an article by Agri-Pulse available here. The Wall Street Journal also reported on the story here. The bill calls...
by Elizabeth | Apr 25, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food Safety, Local Food Systems, Zoning
Posted April 25, 2014 Food truck vendors in Charlotte, North Carolina are voicing their concerns over a proposed city ordinance that they say would hurt their industry, according to an article by the Charlotte Observer available here. WBTV also reported on the...
by Elizabeth | Apr 24, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Aquaculture, Biofuels, Continuing Education, Crop Insurance, Leases, NALC Resources, Right to Farm
Posted April 24, 2014 The Arkansas Bar Association, the National Agricultural Law Center, and the National Sea Grant Law Center will host the first annual Mid-South Agricultural & Environmental Law Conference on May 16, 2014. The Delta Farm Press and Ag Fax...
by Elizabeth | Apr 24, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Crop Insurance, Disaster Assistance Programs, Farm Bill, Federal Loan Programs, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted April 24, 2014 U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced significant progress in implementing the Agriculture Act of 2014, also known as the 2014 farm bill. USDA has launched a website detailing progress on implementation of the farm bill,...
by Elizabeth | Apr 24, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Farm Bill, Hemp
Posted April 24, 2014 New York could be the next state to approve industrial hemp cultivation under a new bill that would begin a research pilot program with state colleges and universities, and the state agriculture department, according to an article by Capital...
by Elizabeth | Apr 24, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Pesticides
Posted April 24, 2014 A lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its regulation of “neonicotinoid” pesticides will continue, despite the judge dismissing some claims, according to an article by Capital Press available here. Four...
by Elizabeth | Apr 23, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Water Law
April 23, 2014 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently approved permits for all but the largest orchards near Wenatchee, WA to receive irrigation water from the Columbia River, according to a Capital Press article available here. The remaining growers hope the...
by Elizabeth | Apr 23, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted April 23, 2014 USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently announced its approval of nonregulated status for Dow AgroScience’s soybean genetically engineered (GE) for insect resistance, according to an article by Agri-Pulse available...
by Elizabeth | Apr 23, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Law, Clean Air Act, Climate Change, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency
Posted April 23, 2014 Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) voiced his concern about how the Obama administration’s methane-reduction efforts would affect dairy farms in a letter available here. The Hill reported on the story here. The administration recently released a...
by Elizabeth | Apr 22, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Commodity Credit Corporation, Crop Insurance, Disaster Assistance Programs, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Posted April 22, 2014 Federal prosecutors have expanded the allegations against two North Dakota potato growers, saying they added chemicals to potato seeds to damage production in a crop insurance fraud case, according to an article by AgWeek available here. The...
by Elizabeth | Apr 22, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food Labeling
Posted April 22, 2014 Mexico’s new food labeling rules were intended to fight obesity, but some say they may increase sugar intake, according to an article by the Associated Press available here. The Miami Herald also published the story here. The new labeling...
by Elizabeth | Apr 22, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Water Law
Posted April 22, 2014 Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers published their proposed definition for waters of the U.S. protected under the Clean Water Act (CWA), triggering the 90 day comment period, according to an...
by Elizabeth | Apr 21, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety
Posted April 21, 2014 Senator Mike Johanns (R-NE) recently wrote a letter to Margaret Hamburg, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), urging the FDA to exempt distillers grain, raw agricultural commodities and byproducts from a proposed rule on...
