• October 29, 2013
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Posted October 29, 2013   Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, recently announced that USDA has begun distributing Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)...

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• October 28, 2013
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Posted October 28, 2013   Twenty medical, public health, and agriculture groups recently urged the Obama Administration to ban the misuse...

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• October 28, 2013
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Posted October 28, 2013   The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation announced that lawsuits brought against Monsanto over genetically modified...

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• October 28, 2013
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Posted October 28, 2013   In Peabody-Waterside Dev., LLC v. Island of Waterside, LLC, No. 5-12-0490, 2013 WL 4736714 (Ill. App....

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• October 25, 2013
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Posted October 25, 2013   The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) expressed concern that Farm Credit System (FCS) lender CoBank,...

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• October 25, 2013
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Posted October 25, 2013   Tyson Foods announced it has stopped buying Canadian cattle for shipment to its U.S. beef plants,...

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• October 25, 2013
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Posted October 25, 2013   In Alt v. EPA, a federal judge ruled against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), stating...

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• October 25, 2013
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Posted October 25, 2013   The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that farmers and ranchers affected by drought have an additional...

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• October 24, 2013
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Posted October 24, 2013   A December hearing has been set for a motion to dismiss in a defamation lawsuit over...

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• October 24, 2013
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Posted October 24, 2013   The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...

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• October 24, 2013
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Posted October 24, 2013   After a 19-hour long special meeting, the Kaua’i County council voted to approve a controversial GMO...

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• October 23, 2013
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Posted October 23, 2013   House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders announced today that the first official meeting for the 2013...

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• October 23, 2013
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Posted October 23, 2013   Conservation and commercial fishing groups recently filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),...

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• October 23, 2013
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Posted October 23,  2013   A judge in Mexico recently suspended the planting of genetically modified corn in the country, citing...

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• October 23, 2013
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Posted October 23, 2013   Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, announced the availability of $181 million to develop commercial-scale biorefineries or...

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• October 22, 2013
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Posted October 22, 2013   The State Law Clearinghouse, available here, is a free resource provided by the National Agricultural Law...

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• October 22, 2013
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Posted October 22, 2013   U.S. Rep. Tim Walz (D-MN) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) are optimistic that Congress will pass...

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• October 22, 2013
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Posted October 22, 2013   Growers in the Pacific Northwest are concerned about upcoming food safety regulations under the Food Safety...

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• October 22, 2013
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Posted October 22, 2013   Fourteen senators have expressed concern over a cut to USDA’s Marketing Assistance Loan Program, according to...

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• October 21, 2013
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Posted October 21, 2013   The Jensen brothers, growers who are set to plead guilty to federal criminal charged related the...

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