Prop 12
Found 1543 Items
Report: USDA Overpaid Farmers by $20.3 Million
- September 5, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted September 5, 2013 According to a report released by USDA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG), USDA made 239 “high-dollar”...
USDA Releases Report on Methods for Quantifying GHG Emissions and Removals
- September 4, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted September 4, 2013 USDA has released a report containing methods for quantifying entity-scale greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and removals...
Enforcing Animal Welfare Statutes: Whose Job is it, Anyway?
- September 3, 2013
- Elizabeth
Enforcing Animal Welfare Statutes: Whose Job is it, Anyway? Co-Sponsored by the National Agricultural Law Center and the American Agricultural Law...
USTR Announces Public Hearings on Russia’s WTO Obligations
- August 21, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted August 21, 2013 The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) recently announced a request for comments and...
FDA Announces Intent to Prepare Environmental Impact Statement for FSMA Rule
- August 20, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted August 20, 2013 Evidenced by recent posts on this blog, the pace of action and news involving regulatory activity under...
Federal District Court Rules on FDA’s Request to Extend FSMA Deadlines
- August 19, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted August 19, 2013 According to a recent federal district court ruling issued by Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the U.S....
FDA Meets with Farmers Concerned about Water Regulations
- August 15, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted August 15, 2013 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials recently met with farmers in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington to listen...
USDA Extends Comment Period for Mechanically Tenderized Meat
- August 12, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted August 12, 2013 USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) announced an extension of the comment period for a proposed rule,...
Comment Period Extended for Food Safety Modernization Act Regulations
- August 12, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted August 12, 2013 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has officially extended the comment period for the proposed rules,...
Glossary: W
- August 6, 2013
- Elizabeth
W: Walking down: The now-prohibited practice of attempting to make grain flow within or out from a grain storage facility. The practice was banned for exposing...
Glossary: U
- August 6, 2013
- Elizabeth
U: U-pick: A form of direct marketing whereby the consumer comes to the farming operation for the purpose of harvesting and purchasing for cash...
Glossary: T
- August 6, 2013
- Elizabeth
T: T: T-value; soil loss tolerance level T by 2000: The conservation program adopted in some states to meet the soil loss tolerance level, or the T-value, by...
Glossary: S
- August 6, 2013
- Elizabeth
S: S & D: Special and differential treatment SAA: Shared appreciation agreement Saccharimeter: Instrument used in sugar analysis to measure the amount of rotation...
Glossary: R
- August 6, 2013
- Elizabeth
R: R: Rainfall-runoff erosivity (factor) R (rainfall-runoff erosivity factor): See Rainfall-runoff erosivity (factor) (R), Revised Universal Soil Loss equation (RUSLE), and Universal Soil Loss Equation...
Glossary: Q
- August 5, 2013
- Elizabeth
Q: QBOP: Quota Buyout for Peanuts QLP: Quality Loss Program QR: Quantitative restriction(s) QSP: Quality Samples Program QTV: Qualified Through Verification Qualified beginning farmer and rancher: See Beginning;...
Glossary: P
- August 5, 2013
- Elizabeth
P: P: Phosphorus P: Support practice (factor) P & S(A): Packers and Stockyards Administration P & SP: Packers and Stockyards Program P (support practice factor): See Support...
Florida Appellate Court Awards Former Hog Farmer $505,000 Over Confinement Amendment
- July 30, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted: July 30, 2013 In terms of farm animal confinement laws, Florida is where it all began, when it passed a...
Glossary: N
- July 25, 2013
- Elizabeth
N: N: Nitrogen NACD: National Association of Conservation Districts NACMCF: National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods NAD: National Appeals Division NAD: Also USDA NAD....
Glossary: M
- July 25, 2013
- Elizabeth
M: M-W: Minnesota-Wisconsin Price M100: Neat methanol (100%) used as a motor fuel in dedicated methanol vehicles. M85: A blend of 85% methanol and 15% unleaded regular gasoline;...
Glossary: L
- July 24, 2013
- Elizabeth
L: L: Slope length (factor) L (Slope length factor): See Slope length (factor) (L). Label(s)(ed)(ing) (food): Written, printed, or graphic material on the immediate container...