• July 18, 2012
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“Agriculture remains a bright spot in our nation’s economy and it is increasingly important that USDA has the tools to act...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• July 18, 2012
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Freshman members in the House Agriculture Committee as well as the full House may be “unaware of the history of farm...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• July 17, 2012
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According to a recent Monterey Herald article, “a California voter-approved law requiring that hens have cages large enough to let them...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• July 13, 2012
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The 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Law Association will be held October 18-20, 2012 at the downtown Sheraton Hotel...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• July 12, 2012
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On July 31, from 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 EST, the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (SEER) is hosting...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• July 12, 2012
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The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture has passed its version of the 2012 Farm Bill, the Federal Agriculture Reform...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• July 12, 2012
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The New York Times reports that the House Agriculture Committee voted to pass its version of a new farm bill that...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• July 11, 2012
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A Senate amendment that would have made mandatory checkoffs for soybeans and other crops voluntary has been defeated.  Alan Kemper, chairman...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• July 11, 2012
• Elizabeth

The 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Law Association will be held October 18-20, 2012 at the downtown Sheraton Hotel 2012 in...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• July 11, 2012
• Elizabeth

In Wisconsin, the state Supreme Court has ruled that rural towns do not have the authority to enforce tougher water-quality standards...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• July 11, 2012
• Elizabeth

On July 24, 2012 from 12-1 Eastern, the National Agricultural Law Center, a unit of the University of Arkansas System Division...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• July 11, 2012
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The National Sea Grant Law Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law and the National Agricultural Law Center at...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• July 10, 2012
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The Washington Post reports the House Agriculture Committee unveiled its approach for a long-term farm and food bill that would reduce...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• July 9, 2012
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The Hill reports that “lobbyists for rice and peanut farmers who opposed a Senate-passed farm bill backed a draft House version...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• July 9, 2012
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The World Trade Organization issued its final ruling on Country of Origin Labeling. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Vice President Bob McCan...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• July 8, 2012
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A state law requiring a third of California’s power to be generated from renewable sources by 2020 has generated concern for...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• July 8, 2012
• Elizabeth

According to a recent Western Farm Press article, the California “State Water Resources Control Board held a hearing in May to...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• July 8, 2012
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Extreme drought conditions in Southern Illinois have resulted in an escalated number of recently filed insurance claims.Farm Week Now reports that...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• July 8, 2012
• Elizabeth

Farmers in the Midwest are beginning to see what was expected to be the nation’s largest corn crop in generations shrivel...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• July 5, 2012
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Farm Futures reports that the Chair of the House Ag Committee, Frank Lucas, R-Okla., and ranking member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., have...

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