• October 27, 2020
• 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 UpdateConservation ProgramsEnvironmental LawEnvironmental Protection AgencyForeign Agricultural ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationNatural Resources Conservation ServicePesticidesRural Utilities ServiceUnderserved Communities, BIPOC

• October 22, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

The Food Security Act of 1985 (“1985 Farm Bill”) established the Highly Erodible Lands and Wetlands Conservation program that relates to...

• Brigit RollinsConservation ProgramsEnvironmental LawNatural Resources Conservation ServiceUnited States Department of Agriculture

• October 15, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

On September 17, 2020, the Nevada Supreme Court issued an opinion answering two questions posed to it by the United States...

• Brigit RollinsEnvironmental LawWater Law

• October 1, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

One of the key tools employed by the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) to help meet the statute’s goal of reducing pollution...

• Brigit RollinsClean Water ActEnvironmental LawEnvironmental Protection Agency

• September 24, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

“Swampbuster” is the name often used to refer to the section of the Highly Erodible Lands and Wetlands Conservation provisions of...

• Brigit RollinsConservation ProgramsEnvironmental LawNatural Resources Conservation ServiceUnited States Department of Agriculture

• September 17, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

Two lawsuits have been filed against the Environmental Protect Agency (“EPA”) over the agency’s handling of the Chesapeake Bay cleanup. The...

• Brigit RollinsClean Water ActEnvironmental LawEnvironmental Protection Agency

• September 10, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

On August 28, 2020 the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) issued a final rule for the Highly Erodible Land and...

• Brigit RollinsConservation ProgramsEnvironmental LawNatural Resources Conservation ServiceUnited States Department of Agriculture

• September 8, 2020
• Elizabeth

This week’s Ag Law Weekly discusses proposed legislation related to cannabis as a Schedule I substance, the USDA’s final rule updating...

• Ag & Food Law UpdateEnvironmental LawHempPesticidesUnited States Department of Agriculture

• September 3, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) announced on September 1, 2020 that it has decided not to designate critical...

• Brigit RollinsEndangered Species ActEnvironmental LawFish and Wildlife Service

• September 1, 2020
• Elizabeth

The month of August has come to a close and researchers at the National Agricultural Law Center have been working hard...

• AgritourismBankruptcyCheckoff ProgramsEnvironmental LawEnvironmental Protection AgencyFish and Wildlife ServiceHempMonthly Round UpNational Environmental Policy ActUnderserved Communities, BIPOC

• August 31, 2020
• Elizabeth

This week’s Ag Law Weekly discusses changes to the Payment Limitation and Payment Eligibility rules, an interim final hemp rule from...

• Ag & Food Law UpdateEnvironmental LawHempPesticidesUnderserved Communities, BIPOCUnited States Department of Agriculture

• August 27, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

On July 29, 2020, a coalition of environmental groups filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Western...

• Brigit RollinsEnvironmental LawNational Environmental Policy Act

• August 27, 2020
• Elizabeth

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

• Ag & Food Law UpdateAnimal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceDaily UpdateEndangered Species ActEnvironmental LawEnvironmental Protection AgencyFish and Wildlife ServiceFood and Nutrition ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationPesticidesUnderserved Communities, BIPOC

• August 24, 2020
• Elizabeth

In this week’s Ag Law Weekly we share news regarding available assistance for Iowa producers affected by recent severe weather, and...

• Ag & Food Law UpdateDisaster Assistance ProgramsEnvironmental LawPesticidesUnderserved Communities, BIPOCUnited States Department of Agriculture

• August 21, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

In a decision published on August 14, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia dismissed a...

• Brigit RollinsClean Air ActEnvironmental LawEnvironmental Protection AgencyRenewable Energy

• August 18, 2020
• Elizabeth

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

• Ag & Food Law UpdateDaily UpdateEnvironmental LawNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• August 13, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

The past month has seen several developments in important, and on-going environmental law cases. Each litigation, though completely unrelated, has the...

• Brigit RollinsClean Water ActEnvironmental LawEnvironmental Protection AgencyFederal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide ActNational Environmental Policy ActPesticidesUnderserved Communities, BIPOC

• August 6, 2020
• Brigit Rollins

On August 5, 2020, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) (collectively “the...

• Brigit RollinsEndangered Species ActEnvironmental LawFish and Wildlife ServiceNational Marine Fisheries Service

• August 5, 2020
• Elizabeth

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

• Ag & Food Law UpdateAgricultural Marketing ServiceDaily UpdateEndangered Species ActEnvironmental LawEnvironmental Protection AgencyFish and Wildlife ServiceMarketing OrdersNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationNational Organic ProgramPesticides

• August 3, 2020
• Elizabeth

July Round-Up Summer is in full swing and the month of July has come and gone. Center staff have spent the...

• AgritourismEndangered Species ActEnvironmental LawFinance and CreditMonthly Round UpPesticidesUnderserved Communities, BIPOC