• May 16, 2012
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On May 15, forty-four U.S. Senators signed and delivered a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Senate Republican...

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• May 12, 2012
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The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the National Agricultural Biotechnology Council will be held in Fayetteville, Arkansas June 11-13.  The focus of...

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• May 11, 2012
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Federal crop insurance has long been an important risk management tool for agricultural producers.  In light of recent farm bill policy...

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• April 20, 2012
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The American Agricultural Law Association (AALA) will hold its 2012 Annual Agricultural Law Symposium  in Nashville, Tennessee at the downtown Sheraton Hotel...

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• April 16, 2012
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The National Agricultural Law Center is providing an online webinar titled, “Legal Issues in Animal Agriculture: Regulating Living Space.” The...

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• April 9, 2012
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The National Agricultural Law Center, along with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service and the LSU...

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• April 9, 2012
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The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund’s lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Health and...

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• March 30, 2012
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Recently, McCarron & Diess has published the PACA Web Guide to assist produce professionals with issues arising under the Perishable...

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• March 30, 2012
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March 27 was the deadline for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make its response to the Just Label...

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• March 12, 2012
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The National Agricultural Law Center, along with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service and the LSU...

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• March 8, 2012
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Recent news accounts have reported that beginning March 20, Russia will ban cattle imports from throughout the European Union. The...

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• March 8, 2012
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A recent article from CBS News reports that Bisphenol-A — BPA — may be on its way out of the...

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• March 1, 2012
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Consumers are still willing to buy organic meat despite its higher price. A recent article out of Fayetteville, Arkansas reported...

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• March 1, 2012
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United Egg Producers (UEP) President and CEO, Gene Gregory, advocates an amendment to the current Farm Bill. The amendment, Egg Products...

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• February 29, 2012
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On Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 11:30 a.m. (Central) a free, producer-oriented webinar will be offered that focuses on landowner liability...

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• February 13, 2012
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The National Agricultural Law Center, along with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service and the LSU AgCenter are hosting a...

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• February 4, 2012
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Agri-Pulse reports that Department of Labor will “re-propose the parental exception” of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. For full Agri-Pulse...

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• February 3, 2012
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The Associated Press announced that the FDA has confirmed the presence of an illegal fungicide in domestic orange juice samples, but...

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• February 3, 2012
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Western Farm Press reports that, in the annual priorities outlined by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Gates expressed interest in...

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• December 8, 2011
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Today, the Grain Inspection Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) released the final version of the rules they first proposed last summer....

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