• September 11, 2025
• Ramie Parsons

The Feed newsletter highlights recent legal developments affecting agriculture, with issues released twice a month. Click below to sign up for...

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• September 23, 2024
• Ramie Parsons

The Oct. 2 webinar is an installment in the NALC’s “Growing Careers” series. By Drew Viguet National Agricultural Law Center U...

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• July 9, 2024
• Emily Stone

Due to the often-isolated geographic location of rural communities and a declining population, rural America faces a unique set of challenges....

• Clean Water ActEmily StoneFarm BillFederal Loan ProgramsFood SafetyMeat ProcessingRural DevelopmentUnited States Department of AgricultureWater Law

• June 27, 2024
• Elizabeth

As of June 2024, three proposals have been released on the 2024 Farm Bill – one in the House of Representatives...

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• June 25, 2024
• Emily Stone

When most people hear the words “Farm Bill” they generally would not think that the largest and most expensive title in...

• Commodity ProgramsEmily StoneFarm BillFinance and CreditFood and Nutrition ServiceNutrition ProgramsRural DevelopmentUnited States Department of Agriculture

• April 18, 2024
• Elizabeth

In 2022, agriculture and food related jobs accounted for approximately ten percent of employment in the United States. H-2A workers play...

• Department of LaborFarm LaborImmigrationLaborRural DevelopmentSamantha CapaldoUnited States Department of Agriculture

• July 12, 2023
• Elizabeth

The Feed newsletter highlights recent legal developments affecting agriculture, with issues released twice a month. Click below to sign up for...

• Animal LawAnimal WelfareBrigit RollinsCarbonEndangered Species ActEnvironmental Protection AgencyEstate PlanningFarm Service AgencyFederal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide ActFederal Loan ProgramsFish and Wildlife ServiceFood Safety and Inspection ServiceForeign OwnershipLand OwnershipNALC ResourcesPesticidesRural DevelopmentTaxationTaxationThe FeedUnited States Department of AgricultureWater LawWebinarWOTUS Update

• January 19, 2023
• Elizabeth

The National Agricultural Law Center provides the Ag & Food Law Quarterly Report as part of its mission to serve as the nation’s...

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• January 11, 2023
• Elizabeth

The inaugural issue of The Feed was released on Jan. 11, 2023. The Feed is a bi-weekly newsletter highlighting recent legal...

• Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure ActBrigit RollinsClean Water ActConservation ProgramsCrop InsuranceDisaster Assistance ProgramsEndangered Species ActEnvironmental LawEnvironmental Protection AgencyFarm BillFederal Crop Insurance CorporationFederal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide ActForeign Ownershipheirs propertyInternational TradeLand OwnershipNALC ResourcesPesticidesPlaintiffs & PesticidesProduction ContractsRight to RepairRural DevelopmentThe FeedUnited States Department of AgricultureWater LawWebinarWOTUS Update

• January 19, 2021
• Elizabeth

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE.                                                                                                                                                 REGULATORY: Includes...

• Ag & Food Law UpdateEnvironmental Protection AgencyFish and Wildlife ServiceFood and Nutrition ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationNatural Resources Conservation ServiceRural Development

• May 29, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: United States of Am., ex rel. Kenneth Kraemer, & Kenneth Kraemer & Kraemer Farms, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company,...

• Ag & Food Law UpdateAgricultural Marketing ServiceDaily UpdateForest ServicePerishable Agricultural Commodities ActRural DevelopmentUnited States Department of Agriculture

• May 1, 2019
• Elizabeth

LEGISLATIVE: Bassett v. Dep’t of Ecology, 438 P.3d 563 (Wash. Ct. App. 2019) The Dungeness River in the Olympic Peninsula flows...

• Ag & Food Law UpdateAnimal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceDaily UpdateFarm BillRural DevelopmentRural Utilities ServiceUnited States Department of Agriculture

• April 26, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: DICKINSON FROZEN FOODS, INC., an Idaho corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J.R. SIMPLOT COMPANY, a Nevada corporation; THOMPSON COBURN, LLP, a Missouri...

• Ag & Food Law UpdateAgricultural Marketing ServiceAnimal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceDaily UpdateEnvironmental Protection AgencyForest ServiceRural DevelopmentUnited States Department of AgricultureWater Law

• April 3, 2019
• Elizabeth

REGULATORY: Notice: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA; The United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA) provides the Secretary of Agriculture with the authority to charge...

• Ag & Food Law UpdateAgricultural Marketing ServiceDaily UpdateFood and Nutrition ServiceFood Safety and Inspection ServiceRural DevelopmentRural Utilities ServiceUnited States Department of Agriculture

• March 28, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: CRYSTAL HILSLEY, Plaintiff, v. GENERAL MILLS, INC. et al., Defendants. Additional Party Names: Sanrio Co. Ltd., No. 3:18-CV-00395-L-BLM, 2019 WL...

• Administrative LawAg & Food Law UpdateAgricultural Marketing ServiceAnimal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceBiosecurityBiotechnologyBusiness OrganizationsDaily UpdateFood LabelingForest ServiceIndigenous Food and AgricultureLocal Food SystemsRural DevelopmentTransportationUnited States Department of Agriculture

• March 22, 2019
• Elizabeth

REGULATORY: Final rule: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA; This final rule amends Marketing Order No. 959, which regulates the handling of onions grown in...

• Ag & Food Law UpdateAgricultural Marketing ServiceAnimal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceAnimal WelfareCommodity Credit CorporationFood and Nutrition ServiceForest ServiceRural DevelopmentUnited States Department of Agriculture

• March 8, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: Backus v. Conagra Brands, Inc., No. C 16-00454 WHA, 2019 WL 1046025 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 5, 2019) Plaintiff brought this...

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• December 28, 2018
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: Inst. of Range & the Am. Mustang v. Nature Conservancy, 2018 S.D. 88: The Institute of Range and the American Mustang...

• Ag & Food Law UpdateDaily UpdateRural DevelopmentRural Utilities Service

• December 18, 2018
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. RANDALL L. RADDATZ, DENNIS RADDATZ, MARY BETH RADDATZ, ASHLEY RADDATZ, COUNTRYSIDE COOPERATIVE, THE COOPERATIVE...

• Ag & Food Law UpdateDaily UpdateFarm BillRural DevelopmentUnited States Department of Agriculture

• September 26, 2018
• Elizabeth

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. Judicial: Environmental, Livestock Liability,...

• Ag & Food Law UpdateAnimal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceDaily UpdateEnvironmental Protection AgencyRural DevelopmentUnited States Department of Agriculture