• August 26, 2025
• Brigit Rollins

On August 7, 2025, a federal court in the District of Columbia issued an order to resolve a lawsuit originally filed...

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• October 27, 2022
• Brigit Rollins

In October 2022, a coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit asking the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to formally respond to...

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• September 1, 2022
• Brigit Rollins

First authorized in the 1996 Farm Bill, the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (“EQIP”) is a voluntary conservation program that offers financial...

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• May 12, 2022
• Brigit Rollins

On May 5, 2022, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that it would be taking three actions intended to “enhance the...

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• March 8, 2022
• Elizabeth

The legislatures in two states, Georgia and Vermont, are attempting to strengthen the protection provided by their right to farm statutes. ...

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• July 8, 2021
• Brigit Rollins

The past few month has seen a series of important environmental law decisions from various courts across the United States. The...

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• March 18, 2021
• Brigit Rollins

A judge in a Maryland Circuit Court ruled in a decision released earlier this month that the state of Maryland must...

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• April 10, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a guidance document on March 26, 2020, regarding the agency’s legal enforcement of environmental legal...

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• October 30, 2019
• Brigit Rollins

The Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (“ICCI”), a citizen’s environmental group, filed suit earlier this year against the State of Iowa...

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• July 31, 2019
• Elizabeth

Judicial: K Tre Holdings, LP v. Missouri Dep’t of Nat. Res., No. SD 35512, 2019 WL 3369270 (Mo. Ct. App. July...

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• June 13, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: FOOD & WATER WATCH, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, et al., Defendants. Additional Party Names: Deanna Dunning, Farm...

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• September 28, 2018
• Elizabeth

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

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• July 17, 2018
• Elizabeth

By: Peggy Kirk Hall, Friday, July 13th, 2018 Here’s our gathering of recent agricultural law news you may want to know:...

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• July 3, 2018
• Elizabeth

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. ANNOUNCEMENT: REGISTER NOW for our...

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• May 23, 2018
• Elizabeth

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. ANNOUNCEMENT: Register today for our...

• Ag & Food Law UpdateAgricultural Marketing ServiceAnimal Feeding OperationsClean Water ActConservation ProgramsContinuing EducationDaily UpdateEndangered Species ActEnvironmental Protection AgencyFarm LaborFish and Wildlife ServiceFood and Nutrition ServiceFood SafetyForestryIndigenous Food and AgricultureLaborNALC ResourcesNational Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (NBFDS)National Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationNutrition ProgramsPesticidesRight to FarmUrban Encroachment

• May 11, 2018
• Elizabeth

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. ANNOUNCEMENT: Mark your calendar for...

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• February 16, 2018
• Elizabeth

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE.  ANNOUNCEMENT: Mark your calendar for...

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• February 8, 2018
• Elizabeth

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE.  ANNOUNCEMENT: Mark your calendar for...

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• February 1, 2018
• Elizabeth

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

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• January 18, 2018
• Elizabeth

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

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