A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE.

REGULATORY: AMS, FWS, NOAA

Agricultural Marketing Service

Proposed rule providing an additional 60 days for public comments on the proposed rule that would amend the Lamb Promotion, Research, and Information Order. Info here.

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice announcing the availability of the draft recovery plan for Guadalupe fescue, a plant endemic to high mountains in the Chihuahuan desert, in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas and in Coahuila, Mexico, and listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Info here.

Proposed rule to revoke a final rule defining the scope of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act as it applies to conduct resulting in the injury or death of migratory birds protected by the Act. Info here.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Final rule implementing bottomfish annual catch limits, and annual catch targets and accountability measures to correct or mitigate any overages, for Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Info here.

LEGISLATIVE: Includes Georgia

GEORGIA

HB 355 relates to the Georgia Carbon Sequestration Registry, allowing participants in the registry to voluntarily report the utilization of carbon sequestration and embodied carbon results. Info here.

LEGISLATIVE: Includes Georgia

GEORGIA

HB 498 expands property tax exemptions for agricultural equipment and certain farm products held by certain entities to include entities comprising two or more family owned farm entities, and to add dairy products and unfertilized eggs of poultry as qualified farm products with respect to such exemption. Info here.

LEGISLATIVE: Includes Montana

MONTANA

SB 199 establishes the Montana Local Food Choice Act, which exempts certain homemade food producers from food licensure, permitting, certification, packaging, labeling, and inspection regulations. Info here.