On October 27, 2020, the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law hosted the first in a series of quarterly webinars, Quarterly Dairy Industry Legal Update. The first half of the webinar was presented by attorney Brook Duer, who gave an overview of the latest legal developments affecting the dairy […] In the world of agricultural law, 2021 has been a year of significant developments and changes. Below, lawyers from the National Center for Agricultural Law have identified and summarized the key legal and policy developments that have affected agriculture in 2021, including many that will continue to do so in the years to come. Dr. Bart Fischer and I recently co-authored an article for Southern Ag Today about the current legal status of Section 1005 of the 2021 U.S. Bailout. This provision required the USDA to pay socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers “up to 120% of the outstanding debt” of eligible producers for direct and guaranteed loans managed by USDA agencies. Numerous lawsuits have been filed across the country. To learn more about the current state of Section 1005, click here to read our article. Happy Friday and happy August! We are back with another weekly roundup of the Farm Bill. Earlier this week, I was able to travel to California with my children and aunt to receive the Distinguished Extension Program Award (under 10) from the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. I am so honored to have received this award, and my kids were very excited to swim in the Pacific Ocean and visit Disneyland.
So here are some of the farm law stories in this week`s news. *United States. Read more → On Tuesday, April 27, 2021, Penn State Law`s Center for Agricultural and Shale Law hosted a third webinar in its series titled “Quarterly Dairy Industry Legal Update.” The webinar examined legal and regulatory developments in the U.S. dairy industry during the first quarter of calendar year 2021 and […] We are back with summaries of some of the farm law articles in the news over the past two weeks. *The EPO report identifies many of the risks associated with dicamba. The EPA on Wednesday released a draft ecological risk assessment that found that dicamba could potentially affect birds, mammals, bees, freshwater fish, aquatic vascular plants and (of primary importance) non-target terrestrial plants. The report says the EPA found no evidence that the new restrictions introduced in 2020 helped reduce the number of drift complaints. The report pointed out that the EPA. Read More → Enter your contact information below and select your areas of interest to stay ahead of the curve and receive Law360`s daily newsletters As with other ministerial races, no debate was scheduled in the Agriculture Commissioners competition, and there are virtually no public polls. In the legal profession, information is the key to success. You need to know what is happening to customers, competitors, practice areas, and industries. Law360 provides the intelligence you need to stay an expert and beat the competition.
After President Biden took office in January, his administration issued an executive order requiring federal agencies to review actions taken by agencies during the previous administration. Many of the regulations that have been reviewed have been prosecuted ongoing. Judges were largely willing to dismiss the ongoing prosecutions and returned the rules to the authorities for further consideration, while allowing the rules to remain in force. I was honored to be invited to be part of a team assembled by the King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management to provide ranchers with information about carbon contracts. As part of our work, we have written a white paper to explain what carbon is, how it can be stored in the soil, how this market for the sale of carbon credits came into being, who are the parties involved in the contracts and what production, legal and economic risks should be taken into account. To see our article, click here.. Read more → All fifty states have a right to the Agricultural Act; However, important questions often arise about when they apply, what they do, and how they operate. These laws are meant to provide a defense against boring lawsuits from neighbors.
The extent of legal protection afforded by laws varies considerably from state to state. Recordings of our quarterly dairy update have been posted on our YouTube channel. With this webinar, a quarterly series of such webinars began, which was scheduled to take place at the end of each calendar quarter. We`ll start with a 30-minute summary of legal and regulatory developments over the past quarter that are impacting the dairy industry […] I apologize for missing our last weekly article. We are back today with a lot of farm law news from across the country. *Settlement deadline in Texas v. Water lawsuit in New Mexico. Michael Melloy has given Texas and New Mexico until Sept. 23 to reach an agreement in the ongoing Texas v. water lawsuit in New Mexico, which is currently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.
If the parties fail to meet this deadline, the case will be brought to court in Cedar Rapids, IA, in January. [Read the article. Learn more →. Browse U.S. Department of Agriculture articles x In early 2021, the National Agricultural Law Center (NALC) published a blog post in which some of the most important foods. However, some judges found that the contested regulations had been passed illegally and suspended or “repealed” them before they were returned to the agencies.