• 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
• Elizabeth

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
• Elizabeth

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
• Elizabeth

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
• Elizabeth

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
• Elizabeth

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
• Elizabeth

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
• Elizabeth

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
• Elizabeth

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
• Elizabeth

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

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• October 21, 2013
• Elizabeth

Posted October 21, 2013   Attorneys for the state of Utah filed a motion to dismiss, arguing the plaintiffs did not...

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• October 21, 2013
• Elizabeth

Posted October 21, 2013   Steve Jensen discovered a 20,000 barrel oil spill on his 1,800 acre wheat farm in Tioga,...

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• October 18, 2013
• Elizabeth

Posted October 18, 2013   Washington State Attorney General, Bob Ferguson, filed a lawsuit against the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), alleging...

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• October 18, 2013
• Elizabeth

Posted October 18, 2013 Gray Plant Mooty’s Agribusiness & Food Practice Team will present an Agribusiness Roundtable and Webinar Series: “Investing...

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• October 18, 2013
• Elizabeth

Posted October 18, 2013   Three people were injured after a tractor rolled into at ditch at a Bedford County, Virginia...

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• October 17, 2013
• Elizabeth

Posted October 17, 2013   The government shutdown ended last night after Congress passed a continuing resolution to fund the government...

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• October 17, 2013
• Elizabeth

Posted October 17,  2013   A coalition of community, animal welfare, and environmental organizations has filed a lawsuit against the U.S....

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• October 17, 2013
• Elizabeth

October 17, 2013   A panel discussion comparing large and small farms will be the focus of the Food Dialogues on...

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• October 17, 2013
• Elizabeth

Posted October 17,  2013   Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam and the Florida Cabinet voted unanimously to approve additional...

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• October 16, 2013
• Elizabeth

Posted October 16, 2013   While many agencies of the U.S. government have been shut down since October 1, food safety...

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