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THE AG & FOOD LAW UPDATE: JULY 25, 2016

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions to: camarigg at uark.edu JUDICIAL: Includes FLSA,...

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THE AG & FOOD LAW UPDATE: JULY 21, 2016

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions to: camarigg at uark.edu JUDICIAL: Includes water...

Greenhouse gas analysis, EPA accepting comments

Posted July 15, 2015 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting comment on its analysis of the greenhouse gas (GHG)...

Senators Introduce Bill to End Corn-Ethanol Mandate

Posted January 19, 2015 Sens. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) introduced a bill to approve the Keystone XL...

RFS Sent to OMB for Review

Posted August 25, 2014 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sent the 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) final rule to...

Debates Arise over RFS in Washington

Posted July 29, 2014 On July 24, White House counselor John Podesta told a group of senators that reduced volumetric...

EPA Finalized Two RFS Rules

Posted July 7, 2014 On July 2, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued two final rules concerning the renewable...

Agriculture Research Boards Begins Search for Directors

Posted June 24, 2014 Board of directors to be named for the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, which was...

Anti-Dumping Duties Imposed on U.S. Ethanol Blended in Norway

Posted June 6, 2014   The European Commission decided to apply anti-dumping duties on all U.S. ethanol coming to the European...

Michigan Ethanol Project Upheld By Court Rulings But Development Is Stalled

Posted June 6, 2014   A federal appeals court has rejected a challenge to an environmental assessment of a $10 million...

Appeals Court Upholds EPA’s 2013 Renewable Fuel Standard

Posted May 16, 2014   The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently rejected arguments challenging the U.S....

Walmart Hosts CEOs for Sustainability Product Expo

Posted May 5, 2014   Walmart joined with CEOs from global companies like Monsanto, Cargill, and Dairy Farmers of America, to...

Petroleum Group Concerned EPA May Change Ethanol Mandate

Posted April 17, 2014   Petroleum groups are concerned that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will change its proposed renewable fuel...

Legislators, Appeals Court Question Delay in Ethanol Mandate Implementation

Posted April 10, 2014   Legislators and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit are asking questions over the...

White House Announces Proposal to Reduce Methane Emissions

Posted April 1, 2014   On Friday, the administration announced a proposal to reduce methane emissions, including a plan to lower...

2015 Budget Proposes Cuts to USDA

Posted March 6, 2014   Tuesday, the White House proposed almost $24 billion in discretionary spending for the U.S. Agriculture Department...

Renewable Fuels Groups Oppose EPA’s 2014 RFS

Posted February 4, 2014   Renewable fuels groups opposed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) proposal to reduce the 2014 renewable...

Ethanol Industry Highlights RFS Success with New Report

Posted January 2, 2014   The Renewable Fuels Association recently released a report citing the successes of the Renewable Fuel Standard...

Iowa Ethanol Company Fined $10,000 for Fish Kill

Posted December 16, 2013   Golden Grain Energy, an Iowa ethanol company has been fined $10,000 by the Iowa Department of...

Rule Extends Permit Length for Accidental Wind Farm Eagle Kills

Posted December 12, 2013   The Department of the Interior recently released a final rule which extends the length of permits...