• November 16, 2023
• Elizabeth

In 2023, lawsuits were filed against state governments in Indiana, Arkansas, Virginia, and Alaska alleging that state hemp laws and regulations...

• Ag & Food Law UpdateFarm BillHempSamantha CapaldoUnited States Department of Agriculture

• October 19, 2023
• Elizabeth

According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, for the 2022 crop year, there were 493 million acres of land in the...

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• May 10, 2022
• Elizabeth

On Wednesday, May 4, 2022, the White House announced that it will host a conference on hunger, nutrition, and health in...

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• March 9, 2022
• Elizabeth

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

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• February 8, 2022
• Elizabeth

On February 1, 2022, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the creation of the Federal Advisory Committee (FAC) on...

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• May 24, 2021
• Elizabeth

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

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• January 21, 2021
• Elizabeth

On January 15, 2021, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released the final rule for industrial hemp production pursuant to the Agriculture...

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• October 8, 2020
• Elizabeth

By Drew Mitchell, Research Fellow, National Agricultural Law Center With the release of a new final rule, the Payment Limitation and...

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• 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...

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• August 31, 2020
• Elizabeth

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

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• August 25, 2020
• Elizabeth

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

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• January 7, 2020
• Elizabeth

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

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• January 6, 2020
• Elizabeth

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

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• December 20, 2019
• Elizabeth

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

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• December 17, 2019
• Elizabeth

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

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• December 6, 2019
• Elizabeth

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

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• October 29, 2019
• Rusty

The highly anticipated hemp rules were released by AMS this morning.  While the rules are 161 pages and a deep dive...

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• August 28, 2019
• Rusty

JUDICIAL: Includes Hemp Big Sky Scientific LLC, Plaintiff v. Idaho State Police, Ada County, Jan M. Bennetts, in Her Official Capacity...

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• August 1, 2019
• Elizabeth

REGULATORY: Notice: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA; The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is announcing the fees it will charge warehouse operators for...

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• July 10, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: In re Spiech Farms, LLC, No. GK 17-05398-JTG, 2019 WL 2913270 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. July 3, 2019) This dispute requires...

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