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House Votes to Kill WOTUS

Posted May 15, 2015 The House approved by a 261-155 vote H.R. 1732, the Regulatory Integrity Protection Act, to withdraw...

FDA Releasing Food Recall Draft Guidance

Posted May 14, 2015 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the availability of draft guidance for industry on the...

Dairies, Environmentalists Reach Settlement

Posted May 13, 2015 Several Washington State dairies have settled out of court after a federal judge said farms may...

COOL Not Economically Beneficial, USDA Study

–> Posted May 6, 2015 Country-of-origin labeling (COOL) is not beneficial for American consumers, according to a Food Safety News article...

U.S. District Court Allows Vermont GMO Law to Stand

Posted April 29, 2015 U.S. District Court Judge Christina Reiss ruled against the Grocery Manufacturers’ Association (GMA) and other industry...

Senators Introduce Bill to Ease Ag Sales in Cuba

Posted April 24, 2015 Sens. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., and John Boozman, R-Ark., introduced a bill today that would allow banks...

U.S. Regulators May Recommend Glyphosate Testing, Review Soon Available

–> Posted April 22, 2014 U.S. regulators may start testing food products for residues of the world’s most widely used herbicide...

NY Judge Grants Chimpanzee Hearing

Posted April 22, 2014 A New York judge ruled this week to grant lawyers representing two chimpanzees a hearing to...

Meat Packer Warned of CWA Violations

Posted April 13, 2015 An environmental group is threatening to sue Bartels Packing, a Lane County slaughterhouse and meat packaging...

Nursing Home & Medicaid Costs Webinar, OSU Ag Law & Taxation

–> Posted April 9, 2015 The Ohio State University Extension’s Agriculture Law & Taxation Blog is host a planning for nursing...

Glyphosate Possibly Linked to Cancer, WHO Report

Posted April 3, 2014 Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is asking the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to evaluate the herbicide glyphosate,...

USDA to Limit Payments to Non-Farmers, 2014 Farm Bill

Posted March 25, 2015 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a proposed rule to limit farm payments to...

CRS Released WOTUS Report

Posted March 24, 2015 On March 25, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...

Fireman’s Fund to Pay $44M

Posted March 24, 2015 The Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has agreed to pay $44 million to settle allegations under the...

WOTUS Concerns Addressed at House Panel

Posted March 20, 2015 Farmers and leaders from agriculture and government agencies expressed their concerns about the Environmental Protection Agency’s...

FAA Accepting Drone Comments

Posted March 20, 2015 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing to amend its regulations to allow the operation of...

ND Voted to Lift Corporate Dairy Farming Ban

–> Posted March 19, 2015 House lawmakers voted to relax North Dakota’s anti-corporate farming law, which could set the precedent for...

Bigger Subsidies Projected Under Farm Bill Program

Posted March 10, 2015 The new farm programs for grain and oilseed farmers will pay them up to $7 billion...

McDonald’s to Stop Sale of Chicken Treated with Human Antibiotics

Posted March 6, 2015 McDonald’s plans to require chicken suppliers to stop using antibiotics in human medicine within the next two...

Anti-Corporate Farming Bill Reaches ND Ag Committee

Posted March 4, 2015 The North Dakota House Agriculture Committee will vote on the proposed changes to the state’s anti-corporate...