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Agricultural Law Podcast

Nov 10, 2022

Smithfield joins JBS in completely settling civil class action antitrust allegations of pork price-fixing; a Utah state court criminal prosecution for theft of two piglets from a Smithfield pork production facility ends in a not guilty verdict; and the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board will once again be...


Oct 26, 2022

Congress’s repeal of Socially Disadvantaged Farmer debt relief provisions in the American Rescue Plan Act leads to a unique breach of contract suit with billions of dollars in play, and Pennsylvania, as well as other states, receive a possible signal that punitive actions may not be taken by EPA in response to missing...


Oct 21, 2022

An update on a lawsuit by Tyson employees against their employer for inadequate COVID protections; animal cruelty charges are filed based upon undercover video of organic turkey processor employees; and USDA's COVID relief payments of $600 for individual farm and food workers inch closer to a reality.

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Oct 14, 2022

Pennsylvania’s milk marketing board commits to amend a component of the state’s milk pricing system, the sometimes controversial “Over-Order Premium” and the EPA withdraws its latest registration decision on Glyphosate containing herbicides, causing lots of questions for the entire ag industry.

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Oct 11, 2022

A federal court hears proposals for resolving the multidistrict roundup litigation; President Biden issues an Executive Order on biotechnology and biomanufacturing; and the resurgence of avian influenza.

 

Hosted by Ethan Durand, Research Assistant—With Brook Duer, Staff Attorney—Produced & Written...