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Publications: Animal Feeding Operations

Publications: Animal Feeding Operations Clarifying NPDES Requirements for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Terence J. Centner Professor of Agriculture and Applied Economics...

Animal Feeding Operations Overview

Animal Feeding Operations – An Overview Background Animal feeding operations (“AFOs”) are agricultural businesses and operations where animals are kept and...

Animal Feeding Operations

  Animal Feeding Operations Overview Animal feeding operations (AFOs) are agricultural entities that raise animals in confined areas. More specifically, AFOs...

Case Law Index: Animal Feeding Operations

Case Law Index Animal Feeding Operations January 1, 2002 – August 9, 2024 FIRST CIRCUIT Conservation Law Foundation, Inc. v. New...

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Farms must begin reporting air releases of hazardous substances from animal wastes

By: Peggy Kirk Hall, Monday, November 06th, 2017 Written by Peggy Hall and Ellen Essman Beginning November 15, 2017, many livestock,...

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Animal Welfare

Animal Welfare   Overview Laws governing the treatment of animals in the United States began to emerge, mostly at the state...

Case Law Index: Animal Welfare

Animal Welfare January 1, 1995 – May 19, 2025 This index provides a comprehensive though not necessarily exhaustive compilation of reported...

Federal Court Upholds Reporting Exemption for Livestock Emissions

On August 7, 2025, a federal court in the District of Columbia issued an order to resolve a lawsuit originally filed...

Farm Bill 2024: Themes in the Proposed Conservation Titles

The Farm Bill is an omnibus bill enacted approximately every five years that authorizes and funds most programs administered by the...

Enviro Groups Ask EPA to Revisit CWA CAFO Rules

In October 2022, a coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit asking the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to formally respond to...

Ag and Food Law Daily Update: September 19, 2022

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

Building Blocks: The Basics of EQIP

First authorized in the 1996 Farm Bill, the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (“EQIP”) is a voluntary conservation program that offers financial...

DOJ Announces Three Environmental Justice Initiatives

On May 5, 2022, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that it would be taking three actions intended to “enhance the...

Ag and Food Law Daily Update: April 6, 2022

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

Georgia and Vermont Right to Farm Bills

The legislatures in two states, Georgia and Vermont, are attempting to strengthen the protection provided by their right to farm statutes. ...

From Supreme Court to State Courts, Important Enviro Rulings from June 2021

The past few month has seen a series of important environmental law decisions from various courts across the United States. The...

Clearing the Air: Maryland Court Finds State Must Regulate Gaseous Ammonia Under CWA

A judge in a Maryland Circuit Court ruled in a decision released earlier this month that the state of Maryland must...

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Ag & Food Law Daily Update: February 25, 2021

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

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The Ag & Food Law Daily Update: May 1, 2020

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

EPA Issues Guidance On Environmental Compliance During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a guidance document on March 26, 2020, regarding the agency’s legal enforcement of environmental legal...