by Elizabeth | May 11, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update, Crop Insurance, NALC Resources, Webinar
Federal crop insurance has long been an important risk management tool for agricultural producers. In light of recent farm bill policy emphasis on a more robust focus on crop insurance as the cornerstone of farm policy, the National Agricultural Law Center is...
by Elizabeth | Apr 20, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update
The American Agricultural Law Association (AALA) will hold its 2012 Annual Agricultural Law Symposium in Nashville, Tennessee at the downtown Sheraton Hotel on October 18, 19 and 20, 2012. Established in 1985, the AALA is the only national professional organization...
by Elizabeth | Apr 16, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update
The National Agricultural Law Center is providing an online webinar titled, “Legal Issues in Animal Agriculture: Regulating Living Space.” The webinar will be held on May 10, 2012 from 12-1 p.m. (Eastern). The webinar is the first in a series of...
by Elizabeth | Apr 9, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agritourism, Forestry, Landowner Liability, Leases
The National Agricultural Law Center, along with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service and the LSU AgCenter are hosting a series of three workshops dealing with legal, marketing, and business issues that affect forest...
by Elizabeth | Apr 9, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update, Cooperatives, Food and Drug Administration
The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund’s lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was dismissed by U.S. District Judge Mark Bennett recently. The two-year old lawsuit out of Iowa challenged the...
by Elizabeth | Mar 30, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update
Recently, McCarron & Diess has published the PACA Web Guide to assist produce professionals with issues arising under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). The Guide is especially valuable to the public because it has been written in non-legal...
by Elizabeth | Mar 30, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biotechnology, Food and Drug Administration, Food Labeling
March 27 was the deadline for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make its response to the Just Label It (JLI) petition urging the agency to label genetically modified foods for American consumers, but the Chicago Tribune reports that the FDA has...
by Elizabeth | Mar 12, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agritourism, Animal Law, Continuing Education, Forestry, Landowner Liability, Leases, NALC Resources
The National Agricultural Law Center, along with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service and the LSU AgCenter are hosting a series of three workshops dealing with legal, marketing, and business issues that affect forest...
by Elizabeth | Mar 8, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update
Recent news accounts have reported that beginning March 20, Russia will ban cattle imports from throughout the European Union. The move is in response to concerns over the spread of the Schmallenberg and Bluetongue viruses. According to a recent article, the...
by Elizabeth | Mar 8, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update
A recent article from CBS News reports that Bisphenol-A — BPA — may be on its way out of the food supply. The Food and Drug Administration is set to issue a ruling by March 31, 2012 on the use of BPA in food and beverage packaging. BPA is at issue...
by Elizabeth | Mar 1, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update, National Organic Program
Consumers are still willing to buy organic meat despite its higher price. A recent article out of Fayetteville, Arkansas reported that consumers are willing to pay a premium for organic meat, but that the type of organic label controls their willingness to pay....
by Elizabeth | Mar 1, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update
United Egg Producers (UEP) President and CEO, Gene Gregory, advocates an amendment to the current Farm Bill. The amendment, Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2012 (H.R. 3798), reasons that eggs are a commodity and hopes to accommodate producers who move eggs...
by Elizabeth | Feb 29, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update, Land Use Regulation, Landowner Liability, NALC Resources, Webinar
On Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 11:30 a.m. (Central) a free, producer-oriented webinar will be offered that focuses on landowner liability issues associated with the recreational use of land. The webinar is part of a multi-workshop series of online workshops conducted...
by Elizabeth | Feb 13, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agritourism, Animal Law, Environmental Law, Forestry, Landowner Liability, Leases
The National Agricultural Law Center, along with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service and the LSU AgCenter are hosting a series of three workshops dealing with legal, marketing, and business issues that affect forest landowners. Topics discussed at...
by Elizabeth | Feb 4, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update, Department of Labor, Farm Labor, Labor
Agri-Pulse reports that Department of Labor will “re-propose the parental exception” of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. For full Agri-Pulse story, click here. According to the article, “[m]embers of Congress, farm owners, and other agricultural...
by Elizabeth | Feb 3, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update
The Associated Press announced that the FDA has confirmed the presence of an illegal fungicide in domestic orange juice samples, but that the juice remains safe to drink. “The FDA said that nine of 14 samples taken from large holding tanks of juice in Florida tested...
by Elizabeth | Feb 3, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update
Western Farm Press reports that, in the annual priorities outlined by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Gates expressed interest in the lack of funding for agricultural research and innovation. The Foundation was concerned with projected increase in world...
by Elizabeth | Dec 8, 2011 | Ag & Food Law Update
Today, the Grain Inspection Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) released the final version of the rules they first proposed last summer. The proposed rule is available here, while the final rule is available here. A discussion about the provisions that were...
by Elizabeth | Nov 25, 2011 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety, International Trade
According to a FDA press release, “FDA is expanding its warning to include additional frozen oyster products from Korea. These products have been linked to norovirus cases in Washington state. In a November 4, 2011 release FDA notified the public of the recall...
by Elizabeth | Nov 25, 2011 | Ag & Food Law Update
Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) announced settlements resulting in $17,160 in civil penalties. AMVC Management Services, LLC, Audubon, Iowa – agreed to pay a penalty of $4,000...
