The Ag & Food Law Update
Florida Appellate Court Awards Former Hog Farmer $505,000 Over Confinement Amendment
- July 30, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted: July 30, 2013 In terms of farm animal confinement laws, Florida is where it all began, when it passed a...
USDA Announces Feedstock Flexibility Program Final Rule
- July 26, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted: July 26, 2013 The USDA Farm Service Agency has announced the Feedstock Flexibility Program (FFP) final rule, which will be published...
Upcoming: American Agricultural Law Association Annual Meeting
- July 24, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted: July 24, 2013 The 34th Annual Conference of the American Agricultural Law Association will be held October 31 – November 2, 2013 at the Concourse...
North Carolina Developing New Approach to Award of Attorney Fees in Right to Farm Law
- July 19, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted: July 19, 2013 The topic of nuisance and right to farm statutes has been red hot over the past couple...
Upcoming: 34th Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Law Association
- July 1, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted: July 1, 2013 The 34th Annual Conference of the American Agricultural Law Association will be held October 31 – November 2, 2013 at the Concourse...
Senate Majority Leader Reid: Temporary Extension of Farm Bill Not Going To Happen
- June 24, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted: June 24, 2013 In the wake of last week’s stunning rejection of the farm bill in the U.S. House of...
Supreme Court Rules that Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 Withdraws Tucker Act Jurisdiction; Takings Claim Can Be Raised as Affirmative Defense in USDA Enforcement Proceeding
- June 11, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted: June 11, 2013 In action involving a constitutional challenge to the California Raisin Marketing Order under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement...
D.C. Circuit Holds That EPA Can Withdraw §404 Permit Site Specifications Post-Permit
- June 7, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted: June 7, 2013 In Mingo Logan Coal Co. v. U.S. E.P.A., 714 F.3d 608, the United States Court of...
Eighth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Producers’ Lawsuit Claiming that USDA Improperly Calculated Farmers’ SURE Payments
- June 6, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted: June 6, 2013 In Bartlett v. United States Dep’t of Agric., No. 12-3087,2013 WL 2420501 (8thCir. June 5, 2013), the...
U.S. Supreme Court Holds Farmer’s Effort to Replicate Roundup Ready Soybeans is Patent Infrigement
- May 13, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted: May 13, 2013 On Monday, May 13, the United States Supreme Court issued its ruling in Bowman v. Monsanto Co.,...
Senate Ag Committee to Mark-Up 2013 Farm Bill on May 14
- May 7, 2013
- Elizabeth
Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, will convene a meeting of the full...
Three States Pass New “Agritourism” Liability Protection Laws
- May 1, 2013
- Elizabeth
As the legislative sessions for many states are wrapping up, three states have recently passed agritourism statutes designed to reduce help...
National Agricultural Law Center Partners with American Agri-Women to Host Ag & Food Law Webinar
- April 26, 2013
- Elizabeth
On Monday, May 6, 2013 at 10 a.m. Mountain/11 Central the National Agricultural Law Center is hosting a webinar in partnership...
- April 4, 2013
- Elizabeth
Reuters reports that the Environmental Protection Agency has named thirty-one experts to review an upcoming report on “fracking,” the term...
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: USDA Extends Deadline for USDA Hispanic and Women Farmers and Ranchers Claims Process to May 1
- March 25, 2013
- Elizabeth
The USDA has extended the filing deadline for the USDA Hispanic and Women Farmers and Ranchers Claims Process to May 1,...
Arkansas Rice Farmers’ Lawsuit Against Poultry Companies Over Arsenic Dismissed With Prejudice
- March 5, 2013
- Elizabeth
Judge Brian S. Miller, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, has dismissed with prejudice a lawsuit brought...
Monsanto to Appeal Brazilian Ruling on Roundup Ready Patent Ruling
- March 1, 2013
- Elizabeth
Monsanto, Co. has announced its plans to file an appeal of a recent ruling over a patent correction covering its Ready Roundup...
March 6 Webinar on State and Federal Water Law Issues, CLE Credit Available
- February 28, 2013
- Elizabeth
On March 6, from 12-1 p.m. (Central), the Arkansas Bar Association will host a webinar covering state and federal law water...
Chairwoman Stabenow to Convene Oversight Hearing on Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- February 15, 2013
- Elizabeth
Senator Debbie Stabenow, (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, will convene a Committee hearing, “Oversight of...
Chairwoman Stabenow Issues Statement Regarding Sequestration and Elimination of Direct Payment Subsidies
- February 14, 2013
- Elizabeth
Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, issued the following statement today regarding...