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Crop Insurance Payment Payouts Hit All-Time Record, Could Hit $20 Billion
- January 16, 2013
- Elizabeth
Reuters reports that federal crop insurance payments to U.S. producers for 2012 have hit a new record. According to the article, payments...
HSUS Files Suit Against NPPC Funding
- September 24, 2012
- Elizabeth
Earlier today, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) filed suit against the United States Department of Agriculture in...
‘Antritrust and Patent Expiration in Plant and Animal Ag’ a Focus of 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Law Association
- September 21, 2012
- Elizabeth
The American Agricultural Law Association (AALA) will hold its 33rd Annual Conference in Nashville, Tennessee from October 18-20 at the Downtown...
33rd Annual American Agricultural Law Association Annual Meeting: Focus on Farm Bill and Many Other Agricultural Law Issues
- September 5, 2012
- Elizabeth
The 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Law Association will be held October 18-20 in Nashville, Tennessee. The conference will...
General Resources
- August 7, 2012
- Cade Collister
Reference Desk Agricultural and General Law Resources Bibliographies Quarterly Updated Agricultural Law Bibliography (National Agricultural Law Center) Glossaries Agricultural Production, Programs,...
Center Outreach
- August 7, 2012
- Cade Collister
Outreach and Education Members of the center staff are frequent speakers to groups of producers, Extension personnel, lawyers and state...
Center Publications
- August 7, 2012
- Cade Collister
Research Articles Our research publications are a vital part of the Center’s mission to conduct objective, timely, and non-partisan research into...
About the Center
- August 7, 2012
- Cade Collister
Who We Are In 1987, Congress called for the creation of the National Center for Agricultural Law Research and Information. In...
Child Labor on Family Farms Preserved through Passed Bill
- July 25, 2012
- Elizabeth
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Preserving America’s Family Farm Act, which protects the ability of youth to gain training...
California Farm Bureau Opposes Project on Prime Farmland
- July 8, 2012
- Elizabeth
A state law requiring a third of California’s power to be generated from renewable sources by 2020 has generated concern for...
NCBA Committee Chair Opposes Federal Animal Ag Mandate
- June 14, 2012
- Elizabeth
Drovers CattleNetwork reports that the National Cattlemens’ Beef Association Chairman of the Cattle Health and Well-Being Committee has concerns over provisions...
Center Hosting Webinar, Continuing Legal Education, on Animal Confinement Laws
- April 16, 2012
- Elizabeth
The National Agricultural Law Center is providing an online webinar titled, “Legal Issues in Animal Agriculture: Regulating Living Space.” The...
FDA Responds to GMO-labeling Campaign
- March 30, 2012
- Elizabeth
March 27 was the deadline for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make its response to the Just Label...
Gates Foundation Calls for More Ag Research Funding
- February 3, 2012
- Elizabeth
Western Farm Press reports that, in the annual priorities outlined by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Gates expressed interest in...
GIPSA Releases Final Rule
- December 8, 2011
- Elizabeth
Today, the Grain Inspection Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) released the final version of the rules they first proposed last summer....
Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act to be introduced in Congress
- October 30, 2011
- Elizabeth
Last week, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown and Maine Rep. Chellie Pingree announced that they will introduce the Local Farms, Food, and...
Court approves $1.15 billion settlement for black farmers in Pigford II
- October 28, 2011
- Elizabeth
Yesterday, a judge approved a $1.15 billion settlement in the decades old class action suit filed by black farmers against the...