
Ag & Food Law Daily Update: July 28, 2021
- July 28, 2021
- Elizabeth
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. REGULATORY: FWS,...

Ag & Food Law Daily Update: July 27, 2021
- July 27, 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 Daily Update: July 20, 2021
- July 20, 2021
- Elizabeth
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. JUDICIAL: Includes...

Ag & Food Law Daily Update: July 19, 2021
- July 19, 2021
- Elizabeth
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. REGULATORY: AMS,...

Ag & Food Law Daily Update: July 12, 2021
- July 12, 2021
- Elizabeth
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. REGULATORY: NOAA,...

Judge’s Order Halts Minority Debt Relief Payments
- July 6, 2021
- Elizabeth
UPDATE: A group of five Texas farmers have filed a class action lawsuit against the USDA (Miller, et al. v. Vilsack, No....

Legality of Minority Debt Relief Payments Called Into Question
- June 22, 2021
- Elizabeth
UPDATE: On July 6, 2021, the plaintiffs’ temporary restraining order previously issued by the court was dissolved and their motion for...

Ag & Food Law Daily Update: June 17, 2021
- June 17, 2021
- Elizabeth
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. REGULATORY: APHIS,...

Ag & Food Law Daily Update: June 3, 2021
- June 3, 2021
- Elizabeth
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. JUDICIAL: Includes...

Considering Carbon: Markets & More
- May 4, 2021
- Elizabeth
Overview An interest in reducing environmental impacts and achieving climate sustainability within the U.S. is growing significantly among both the public...

Ag & Food Law Daily Update: April 28, 2021
- April 28, 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 Daily Update: April 23, 2021
- April 23, 2021
- Elizabeth
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. REGULATORY: Includes...

Senate Advances Carbon Market Bill
- April 22, 2021
- Brigit Rollins
On April 20, 2021, the Senate unveiled the text of the proposed Growing Climate Solutions Act. The bill, which has been...

USDA Aid Initiative: Pandemic Assistance for Producers
- April 13, 2021
- Elizabeth
For over a year, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire agricultural industry, and many farmers and ranchers continue to suffer...

In the Dirt: Introduction to Sodbuster
- April 1, 2021
- Brigit Rollins
The Farm Bill of 1985 is known for introducing several conservation programs which are still in use by agricultural producers today....

Ag & Food Law Daily Update: March 17, 2021
- March 17, 2021
- Elizabeth
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. REGULATORY: Includes...

Livestock Dealer Trust: Payment Protection for Sellers
- February 16, 2021
- Elizabeth
On December 21, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act (“CAA”) passed both houses of Congress and was later signed into law on...

Building Blocks: Basics of CSP
- February 11, 2021
- Brigit Rollins
Often referred to as the largest conservation program by acreage in the United States, the Conservation Stewardship Program (“CSP”) implemented by...

Legal Checkup on Checkoffs: State-by-State Analysis of the USDA “Redirection Rule” & Producer Refunds Under the Beef Checkoff
- February 9, 2021
- Elizabeth
Harrison Pittman, Director This article provides a state-by-state application of the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service final rule, Soybean Promotion, Research, and...

Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) Additional Assistance: Structure and Status
- February 2, 2021
- Elizabeth
In response to the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress passed a stimulus relief bill known as the Coronavirus...