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UADA news article: EPA asked to add cancer warnings to pesticide labels

By Mary Hightower University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Fast facts EPA receives petition to add warnings to pesticide labels Petition...

Litigation On-Going in Western Lake Erie Basin

Colby Johnson, Research Fellow Brigit Rollins, Staff Attorney On May 1, 2024, the Board of Lucas County Commissioners, City of Toledo,...

UADA news article: Public comment period on new WOTUS supplemental proposal ends Oct. 9

By Mary Hightower University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Fast facts EPA, Army Corps of Engineers seek comments on November 2025...

UADA news article; Illinois River filing: ‘end this case once and for all’

By Mary Hightower University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Fast Facts Parties ask for an expedited appeal of nearly $44 million...

Regulating Competition through the Packers and Stockyards Act: History and Recent Changes

by Jordan Berry, NALC Research Fellow, and Elizabeth Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney In 1921, Congress enacted the Packers and Stockyards Act...

WOTUS Update: EPA Seeks Comment on Supplemental Proposal

On September 9, 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released a proposed rule to supplement and seek additional public comment on...

Lawsuit Challenges Joint USDA-DOI Grazing Action Plan

On August 13, 2026, the Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”), an environmental nonprofit organization, filed a lawsuit against the Department of...

HHS Proposes Reforms to the “Generally Recognized As Safe” Pathway

On August 10, 2026, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy made two major announcements related to the...

AFIDA Updates Explained: USDA Proposes Substantial Revisions to AFIDA Regulations (Part 2)

by Micah Brown, Research Specialist Over the past several years, foreign ownership and investment in U.S. agricultural land has received increased...

UADA news release: Major changes to federal foreign ownership reporting loom

By Mary Hightower University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Fast Facts Landscape of states’ foreign ownership laws saw major changes from...

Services Rescind ESA “Harm” Definition, Environmental Groups File Suit

On July 14, 2026, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) together with the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) (collectively,...

UADA news article: SCOTUS: Federal law preempts state failure-to-warn claims

By Mary Hightower University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Fast Facts Pesticide litigation likely to change directions SCOTUS sends Durnell back...

Supreme Court Rules FIFRA Preempts Failure to Warn

On June 25, 2026, the Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated in ruling in the landmark case, Monsanto Co. v. Durnell,...

UADA article: June 29 deadline for public comment on EPA fungicide strategy approaches

By Mary Hightower University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Fast Facts Fungicide proposal joins previous EPA herbicide, insecticide strategies Submit public...

EPA Issues Final RFS Rule

Jakob Christopherson, Research Fellow Brigit Rollins, Staff Attorney   On April 1, 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published its “Set...

Supreme Court Asked to Revisit Definition of WOTUS

The United States Supreme Court is currently considering whether to take up a case from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals...

Food Foundations: Categories of Food Ingredients

Emily Whitest, Research Fellow  If you’ve ever read an ingredient list on the back of a bottle of salad dressing or...

EPA Announces Draft Fungicide Strategy

In April 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released a draft version of its Fungicide Strategy, the most recent move in...

Soil for Sale? South Dakota Amends State Foreign Ownership & Reporting Law – Part Eight

In recent years, a growing number of states have enacted laws restricting foreign ownership of agricultural land. South Dakota is among...

Environmental Group Sues EPA for Delayed Response to Glyphosate Petition

On April 21, 2026, the Environmental Working Group (“EWG”), a nonprofit advocacy organization, filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency...