• 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
• Elizabeth

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
• Elizabeth

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
• Elizabeth

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
• Elizabeth

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

• Ag & Food Law Update

• July 5, 2012
• Elizabeth

The Oklahoma State UniversityCooperative Extension Service and the National Agricultural Law Center at the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• July 4, 2012
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Channel 9 News in Colorado reports that, “County commissioners are making one last plea to help save the crops for hundreds of...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• July 4, 2012
• Elizabeth

According to a recent Agri-Pulse report, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) believes states need to improve the clean-up process of our...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• July 4, 2012
• Elizabeth

A video published by Delta Farm Press reports that 50,000 acres of peanuts have been planted in Mississippi this year. According...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• July 3, 2012
• Elizabeth

A sweet deal may be in store for New York maple farmers. Sen. Charles Schumer’s proposal to promote New York’s maple...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• July 3, 2012
• Elizabeth

The Washington Post reports that the timber industry hopes that “the U.S. Supreme Court will maintain business as usual on controlling...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• July 2, 2012
• Elizabeth

The National Agricultural Law Center recently published an article that focuses on legal issues associated with prevented planting crop insurance, Prevented...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• June 14, 2012
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With the world population growing to an expected nine billion people by 2050, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• June 14, 2012
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Drovers CattleNetwork reports that the National Cattlemens’ Beef Association Chairman of the Cattle Health and Well-Being Committee has concerns over provisions...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• June 11, 2012
• Elizabeth

On June 21, the National Agricultural Law Center will provide a webinar titled, Crop Insurance and Southern Agriculture:  What You Need...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• June 7, 2012
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The United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry reports that the U.S. Senate has “cleared a procedural hurdle today...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• June 1, 2012
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On Monday, June 4 at 2:15 EST, Senator Debbie Stabenow will host a press teleconference to discuss the Agriculture Reform, Food...

• Ag & Food Law Update

• May 18, 2012
• Elizabeth

As the U.S. House of Representatives continues to undertake consideration of the 2012 Farm Bill, it is clear that many producer...

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