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AG & FOOD LAW UPDATE: MAY 7th, 2019

JUDICIAL: Clement v. Menard, 2018-497 (La. App. 3 Cir. 5/1/19) This appeal stems from competing claims for injunctive relief involving an irrigation canal right-of-way....

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AG & FOOD LAW UPDATE: MAY 1st, 2019

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

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AG & FOOD LAW UPDATE: APRIL 19th, 2019

JUDICIAL ROLANDO DIAZ REYES, HECTOR IVAN BURGOS RIVERA, JOSE A. GARCIA MARRERO, KIDANNY JOSUE MARTINEZ REYES, EDWIN COSME COLON, & on...

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AG & FOOD LAW UPDATE: APRIL 15th, 2019

JUDICIAL: Oceana, Inc. v. Ross, No. 17-5247, 2019 WL 1574916 (D.C. Cir. Apr. 12, 2019):  When fishermen catch fish but do...

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AG & FOOD LAW UPDATE: FEBRUARY 18th, 2019

LEGISLATIVE: Dairy v. Harry Shelton Livestock, LLC, No. 18-CV-06357-RMI, 2019 WL 631493 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 14, 2019) On October 17, 2018,...

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AG & FOOD LAW UPDATE: JANUARY 17th, 2019

JUDICIAL:  IN RE: SANDERSON AND KOCH BROILER CHICKEN GROWER LITIGATION, No. 7:18-CV-31-D, 2019 WL 206094 (E.D.N.C. Jan. 15, 2019) On February 21,...

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AG & FOOD LAW UPDATE: DECEMBER 17 & 18th, 2018

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

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Court considers issue of historical data in crop insurance case

Written by: Amie Alexander, JD/MPS Candidate, William H. Bowen School of Law On April 7, 2018, The United States Court of...

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Bill would provide crop insurance incentives to save prairie land

Written by: Amie Alexander, JD/MPS Candidate, William H. Bowen School of Law The American Prairie Conservation Act is a bipartisan bill,...

COOL Not Economically Beneficial, USDA Study

–> Posted May 6, 2015 Country-of-origin labeling (COOL) is not beneficial for American consumers, according to a Food Safety News article...

NSAC Releases Guide to Conservation Stewardship Program

Posted February 12, 2015 The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) has released two free resources to help farmers and ranchers...

Conservation Programs Awarded $340 Million in Federal Funding

–> Posted January 16, 2015 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that more than $370 million in Federal funding as part of...

USDA to Expand SCO for 2016 Crop Year

Posted November 24, 2014 The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) has announced that it is evaluating...

Vilsack Announced New Crop Insurance Program

Posted October 23, 2014 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced a new Farm Bill initiative that will provide relief to...

Stabenow Awarded WFP’s Highest Honor

Posted September 12, 2014 Debbie Stabenow, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman, was awarded the World Food Program USA’s McGovern-Dole Leadership Award,...

Vilsack Announces 2014 Farm Bill Updates

–> Posted August 7, 2014 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced an update on implementing the Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014...

House Subcommittee Hearing Examines Benefits of Ag Biotech

Posted July 21, 2014 On July 10, the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management held a hearing to...

WUD Hosting Margin Protection Program Workshops

Posted July 21, 2014 Western United Dairymen (WUD) will host a series of informational workshops in August and September on...

NSAC Issues Climate Change Recommendations Under Farm Bill

Posted June 26, 2014 A year after the President’s Climate Action Plan, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) announced the...

USDA Seeks Partnerships in New Conservation Program

Posted May 28, 2014   On Tuesday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) traveled to...