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FDA Meets with Farmers Concerned about Water Regulations

Posted August 15, 2013 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials recently met with farmers in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington to listen...

Comment Period Extended for Food Safety Modernization Act Regulations

Posted August 12, 2013 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has officially extended the comment period for the proposed rules,...

Concerns Arise Over Whether Sequestration Will Cause USDA To Furlough Meat Inspectors

In a February 8 article, Reuters reported on the Obama Administration warning that sequestration cuts currently scheduled for March 1 “may...

Forestry Roads and the Clean Water Act

Two cases on the stormwater discharge exemption for forestry roads, Decker, et al.v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center,et al. and Georgia-Pacific...

Center Hosting Free Webinar July 24, “The Clean Water, EPA Regulation, and the Future of Farming”

On July 24, 2012 from 12-1 Eastern, the National Agricultural Law Center, a unit of the University of Arkansas System Division...

Rep. Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson discusses the burden to States & Rural Communities on EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Model

This week, Rep. Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson discussed the burdens facing states, rural communities, and agricultural producers from the Environmental Protection Agency’s...

Sen. Moran Makes Statement on DOL’s 30-Day Extension of Comment Period

Yesterday, in a press release U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) responded to the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) 30-day extension of...

U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Delta Smelt case

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied an appeal by Central California farmers who claimed the federal government lacks constitutional authority to...

Senators help extend comment period for proposed farm labor rule

Thirty-two Senators joined together to ask Labor Secretary Hilda Solis to give farmers and ranchers adequate time to comment on the...