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Update on State Pesticide Liability Limitation Bills

This legislative session has seen various trends in legislation among different states, including at least nine states that have introduced bills...

NALC news release: Butterfly effect? NALC webinar will discuss impacts of listing monarch butterfly under Endangered Species Act

“When a species is listed, it can impact how agricultural producers are able to operate.” —Brigit Rollins, NALC Staff Attorney By...

States Introduce Pesticide Liability Limitation Bills in 2025 Legislative Session

The start of a new year also means the start of a new legislative session. By late January, all but a...

FWS Proposes Listing the Monarch Butterfly as “Threatened” Under the ESA

On December 12, 2024, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) released its long-awaited proposed decision to designate the monarch...

UADA article — YEAREND: Corporate Transparency Act, Foreign Ownership, Chevron shift mark turbulent 2024

“2024 brought in some of the most consequential developments in ag law and policy in a long time.” — Harrison Pittman...

Federal Court Upholds Treated Seeds Exemption

A federal court in the Northern District of California has recently ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) does not have...

EPA Releases Vulnerable Species Action Plan

On September 25, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its Vulnerable Species Action Plan (“VSAP”), the finalized version of its...

EPA Publishes Highly-Anticipated Final Herbicide Strategy

On August 20, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its final Herbicide Strategy. The document, which was released in a...

Third Circuit Rules Failure to Warn Claims Preempted by FIFRA

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has split from the Ninth and Eleventh Circuits by concluding that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide...

EPA Releases Draft Insecticide Strategy

On July 25, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its highly anticipated draft Insecticide Strategy, the latest step in the...

Eleventh & Ninth Circuits Issue Decisions in Glyphosate Lawsuits

The last several months have seen numerous developments in the on-going litigation filed by plaintiffs who claim that glyphosate-based pesticide products...

Ag, water and environmental law experts convene at University of Nevada, Reno

Ag, water and environmental law experts convene at University of Nevada, Reno National Ag Law Center presents 2nd Annual Western Agricultural...

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The Deal With Dicamba: Court Vacates Over-the-Top Registration

On February 6, 2024, a federal court in Arizona issued a ruling directing the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to vacate the...

“Top Ten” Issues in Ag & Env Law: 2023 Edition

In the world of agricultural law, 2023 was a year for significant developments and changes.  In summary below, attorneys at the...

EPA Proposes Vulnerable Species Pilot Project

One June 22, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released a draft white paper for its Vulnerable Species Pilot Project (“VSPP”),...

Eighth Circuit Ruling Revives Foods Uses for Chlorpyrifos

On November 2, 2023, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision in Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Ass’n v....

EPA Draft Herbicide Strategy Open for Comment

October 22, 2023, is the last day to submit comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) Draft Herbicide Strategy Framework to...

EPA Faces Treated Seeds Lawsuit

In 2017, several environmental groups petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to close what the groups described as a “loophole” that...

Environmental Groups Challenge EPA Approval of Enlist One and Enlist Duo

On June 6, 2023, a coalition of environmental and agricultural labor groups lead by the Center for Food Safety filed a...

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The Deal with Dicamba: Plaintiffs Ask Court to Vacate 2020 Registration Decision

On April 12, 2023, the plaintiffs in Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Envtl. Protection Agency, No. 4:20-cv-00555 (D. Ariz.), a...