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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, April 28, 2024
Justice Anthony Kennedy's departure from the Supreme Court will no doubt increase the output of one of Washington's main commodities: pundit speculation. But the long-term impacts of his resignation will not be known for some time.
A long-running class-action lawsuit alleging USDA discrimination against Native American farmers and ranchers has finally made its way through the appeals process, clearing the way for distribution of additional payments to the plaintiffs and the establishment of a $265 million trust fund to support organizations that help Indian farmers and ranchers.
The Fish and Wildlife Service's authority to protect unoccupied endangered species habitat is at the heart of a case recently accepted for review by the Supreme Court.
Missouri and a group of allied states have launched another legal battle to get rid of California’s egg-marketing regulations, only this time they’ve filed directly with the Supreme Court and with more ammunition.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2017 - The Supreme Court appears poised to allow challenges to the “waters of the U.S.” rule to proceed in federal district courts, as sought by dozens of farm groups.
WASHINGTON, July 26, 2017 - The Trump administrations effort to write new "waters of the U.S." regulations takes a big step forward Thursday with publication of a proposed rule to withdraw the Obama administration's 2015 rule.
WASHINGTON, May 31, 2017 - Dow AgroSciences has paid Bayer CropScience $469.4 million to resolve a patent dispute over a gene conferring glufosinate resistance.
WASHINGTON, May 24, 2017 - Austin “Jack” DeCoster and son Peter, whose salmonella-tainted eggs sickened nearly 2,000 people in 2010, lost their bid to have their three-month prison sentences reviewed by the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, April 19, 2017- A father-and-son team whose salmonella-tainted eggs sickened nearly 2,000 people in 2010 are hoping the Supreme Court will decide that their company crimes do not warrant prison time.
WASHINGTON, April 7, 2017 - The Senate confirmed 10th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Neil Gorsuch for a position on the Supreme Court today, filling the vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia more than a year ago.
