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Senators Request Disaster Assistance for Small Pork Producers

Posted March 17, 2014   Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC) have asked Agriculture Secretary...

NALC Resource: Pesticides Reading Room

Posted March 14, 2014   The National Agricultural Law Center offers a wide range of resources, one of which is the...

USDA Finalizes Changes to Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children

Posted March 13, 2014   USDA recently finalized changes to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC),...

Agriculture Companies Announce Effort to Standardize and Secure Farm Data

Posted March 13, 2014   On Tuesday, Purdue University researchers and a group of agriculture companies announced an open source project...

Maryland Legislature Debates GE Food Labeling

Posted March 13, 2014   The Maryland Senate recently held a hearing to debate a bill that would require manufacturers to...

NALC Resource: Animal Welfare Reading Room

Posted March 12, 2014   The National Agricultural Law Center offers a wide range of resources, one of which is the...

Webinar: Legal Issues with Adding Value to Farm Products

Posted March 12, 2014 Farm Commons will offer a webinar on Monday, March 17, 2014 at 6 p.m. CDT on the...

Rancher Group Critical of Nevada Plan to Protect Sage Grouse

Posted March 12, 2014   The Nevada Cattlemen’s Association recently urged its members to deny state Department of Wildlife employees access...

KY Bill Would Allow Landowners to Control Crop-Eating Wildlife

Posted March 12, 2014   The Kentucky legislature is considering a bill that would give landowners or their designees the authority...

States Join Missouri Lawsuit Targeting California Egg Law

Posted March 11, 2014   The attorneys general for the states of Alabama, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, and Oklahoma, have joined Missouri’s...

Tax Court Says Non-Farmer’s CRP Income Subject to Self-Employment Tax

Posted March 11, 2014   In a case which could have broad implications for passive investors in farmland, the U.S. Tax...

Groups Sue EPA over Pesticide Disclosure

Posted March 11, 2014   Three environmental and public health groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last...

Syngenta Announces Rules for New GMO Corn Seed

Posted March 10, 2014   Syngenta AG will require producers who plant a new type of genetically modified (GMO) corn seed...

USDA Announces $3 Million for Program to Improve Honey Bee Health

Posted March 10, 2014   USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will provide about $3 million in technical and financial assistance...

EPA’s Watershed Academy Webcast Seminar: March 25

Posted March 10, 2014   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Watershed Academy is sponsoring a free webcast seminar on Tuesday,...

Arkansas Women in Agriculture Conference: March 13-14

March 7, 2014   The Arkansas Women in Agriculture Conference will be held on March 13-14, 2014 at the Wyndham Riverfront...

FDA Reopens Comment Period for Evaporated Cane Juice on Food Labels

Posted March 7, 2014   The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening the comment period on its draft guidance...

Stabenow, Cochran Sign Resolution Celebrating Extension’s 100th Anniversary

Posted March 7, 2014   U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee, recently announced the introduction...

Alligator Farm Bill Moves Forward in South Carolina Senate

Posted March 7, 2014   South Carolina may be the next state to allow alligator farms, according to an article by...

2015 Budget Proposes Cuts to USDA

Posted March 6, 2014   Tuesday, the White House proposed almost $24 billion in discretionary spending for the U.S. Agriculture Department...