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Agricultural Law Podcast

Mar 30, 2021

USDA announced its new ‘Pandemic Assistance for Producers’ initiative and Utah passed a Cage-Free Egg Law.  Also, a federal court upheld USDA’s interpretation of the Organic Foods Production Act to include hydroponic production and USDA abandoned its previous rulemaking on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)...


Mar 23, 2021

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued Exelon’s Conowingo Dam license in accordance with Exelon’s settlement agreement with Maryland and OSHA issued an Updated Interim COVID-19 Enforcement Plan and National Emphasis Program. Also, a Maryland circuit court ordered the Maryland Department of the Environment...


Mar 18, 2021

President Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, which includes $10.4 billion for agriculture, and a federal court dismissed a meatpacking plant public nuisance suit.  Also, EPA acknowledged that the 2018 dicamba registrations were hampered by political interference and the final Hemp Rule proceeds...


Mar 10, 2021

The North American Meat Institute filed for Supreme Review of California’s Proposition 12 and the Tenth Circuit dissolved the Colorado district court’s injunction against the Navigable Waters Protection Rule. Then, Pennsylvania-based Nicholas Meat briefly stopped production in response to a compliance order issued...


Mar 5, 2021

A federal court granted preliminary approval of a settlement with Tyson and Pilgrim’s Pride in the ongoing broiler chicken civil antitrust litigation and Pilgrim’s pled guilty to price-fixing in the ongoing parallel criminal suit.  Meanwhile, EPA formally reversed its position on its Renewable Fuels Standard small...