by Elizabeth | Nov 6, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Country of Origin Labeling, Farm Bill, Food Labeling, International Trade, NALC Resources, United States Department of Agriculture, Webinar
Posted November 6, 2013 Lawmakers involved in the farm bill conference are hearing a heated debate over USDA’s Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) regulations, according to an article by Food Product Design, available here. Sixty-nine groups including Campbell Soup...
by Elizabeth | Nov 5, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted November 5, 2013 Representative Steve King (R-IA), one of the conferees negotiating the farm bill is pushing for the bill to include the so called “King Amendment” which would bar one state from imposing production standards on agricultural products that come...
by Elizabeth | Nov 5, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biotechnology, International Trade, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted November 5, 2013 Several agricultural exporters and farm groups recently sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Michael Froman, Commerce Secretary Petty Pritzker and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack voicing concerns about China’s process of...
by Elizabeth | Nov 5, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Checkoff Programs, Food Labeling, Local Food Systems, Marketing Orders
Posted November 5, 2013 Ranchers in Florida hope to add beef to the “Fresh From Florida” marketing campaign offered by the state’s agriculture department, according to an article by the associated press, available here. The “Fresh From Florida” marketing campaign...
by Elizabeth | Nov 4, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Country of Origin Labeling, Farm Bill, Nutrition Programs, Renewable Energy
Posted November 4, 2013 Representative Collin Peterson (D-MN) is optimistic that the House and Senate conference committee will find a compromise and bring a bill to a vote, according to an article by the West Central Tribune, available here. Peterson believes...
by Elizabeth | Nov 4, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, International Trade
Posted November 4, 2013 Over the last ten years, growth of U.S. agricultural exports to the European Union (EU) has been the slowest among this country’s top 10 export destinations, according to an article by the Emporia Gazette, available here. “Regulatory...
by Elizabeth | Nov 1, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted November 1, 2013 Research publications are a vital part of the National Agricultural Law Center’s mission to conduct objective, timely, and non-partisan research in agricultural and food law issues and to provide that scholarship to the agricultural and food...
by Elizabeth | Nov 1, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Disaster Assistance Programs, Farm Bill, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted November 1, 2013 USDA Under Secretary Michael Scuse was shocked by the damage of an early October blizzard, which killed around 25,000 head of cattle in South Dakota, but a new farm bill may be able to help the affected ranchers, according to a Brownfield Ag...
by Elizabeth | Oct 31, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Country of Origin Labeling, Farm Bill, International Trade, NALC Resources, Webinar
Posted October 31, 2013 Members of the farm bill conference committee are looking to repeal the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) law that Mexico and Canada have challenged as a violation of world trade rules, according to a Reuters article available here. The...
by Elizabeth | Oct 31, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Welfare, Federal Meat Inspection Act, Food Safety, Food Safety and Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted October 31, 2013 USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) recently released an advance notice for a new guidance on the humane handling of livestock, according to a FSIS news release. The Guidance is available here. The “FSIS Compliance Guide for a...
by Elizabeth | Oct 30, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted October 30, 2013 The long-awaited first meeting of the 2013 farm bill conference committee will take place today, October 30 at 2:30 p.m. ET in the Ways and Means Committee Room of the Longworth House Office Building. The agenda for the meeting of...
by Elizabeth | Oct 30, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted October 30, 2013 Allens Inc., a company that makes canned and frozen vegetables, filed a Chapter 11 petition for bankruptcy in Fayetteville, Arkansas on Monday, according to a Bloomberg article available here. The family-owned business, Allens Inc., began...
by Elizabeth | Oct 30, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Estate Planning, Taxation
Posted October 30, 2013 A proposal making its rounds in the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee would require all entities, other than individuals, with gross annual receipts over $10 million to use the accrual method of accounting for income tax calculation,...
by Elizabeth | Oct 29, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety, Food Safety Modernization Act
Posted October 29, 2013 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released a proposed rule under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) dealing with safety for animal feed and pet food, according to an Agri-Pulse article available here. The proposed...
by Elizabeth | Oct 29, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted October 29, 2013 The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly referred to as “food stamps,” will be cut at the end of the week, according to an article by The Hill available here. It is unlikely that Congress will act to avert what some are...
by Elizabeth | Oct 29, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Commodity Programs, Farm Service Agency, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted October 29, 2013 Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, recently announced that USDA has begun distributing Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) annual rental payments, 2013 direct payments, and 2012 Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program payments. ...
by Elizabeth | Oct 28, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Law, Animal Welfare, Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety
Posted October 28, 2013 Twenty medical, public health, and agriculture groups recently urged the Obama Administration to ban the misuse of antibiotics in agriculture in a letter, according to an article by The Oregonian available here. The groups, including the...
by Elizabeth | Oct 28, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biotechnology
Posted October 28, 2013 The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation announced that lawsuits brought against Monsanto over genetically modified (GMO) wheat found in an Oregon farmer’s field will be consolidated in Kansas, according to an AgProfessional...
by Elizabeth | Oct 28, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted October 28, 2013 In Peabody-Waterside Dev., LLC v. Island of Waterside, LLC, No. 5-12-0490, 2013 WL 4736714 (Ill. App. Ct. Sept. 3, 2013), the Illinois Court of Appeals ruled that an Illinois contractor who is also a member in a Limited Liability Company...
by Elizabeth | Oct 25, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Cooperatives, Finance and Credit
Posted October 25, 2013 The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) expressed concern that Farm Credit System (FCS) lender CoBank, a $90 billion bank for cooperatives, was significantly involved in a $12 billion loan to Verizon Communications, according to...
