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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, December 06, 2024
Leaders of the National Pork Producers Council expressed disappointment Friday with the Supreme Court’s narrow decision rejecting their arguments that California’s animal housing law unconstitutionally regulates the way hog farmers handle sows.
The Supreme Court seems to be searching for a middle ground on the longstanding question of which wetlands should be protected under the Clean Water Act.
A California law allowing farm labor organizers to enter private property for up to three hours a day, 120 days a year amounts to an unconstitutional taking requiring compensation, the Supreme Court concluded in an opinion issued Wednesday.
In an important decision for agriculture, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Clean Water Act permits may be required when pollutants make their way through groundwater into a lake, river or other navigable water.
