President Donald Trump has been focused on creating a legacy that could have impact for years to come: Selecting new, more conservative judges for federal courts.

Farmers must now invest time and money to get their voice heard in politics, said Gallagher. Otherwise, they can become collateral damage.

Wastewater from a Maui County treatment plant that ends up in the Pacific Ocean after traveling through groundwater should not be regulated under the Clean Water Act, the county argued in a brief filed in the Supreme Court Thursday.

Agricultural groups seeking to limit EPA’s jurisdiction over groundwater under the Clean Water Act are looking to a Supreme Court case for relief, but new developments in Hawaii could nix that opportunity.

Of the 155 state ballot measures decided in last week’s elections, California’s Proposition 12, which sets new animal confinement rules, could turn out to have the greatest national impact for both farmers and consumers.

Brett Kavanaugh has joined the Supreme Court, where he may have an outsized impact because he is replacing longtime swing vote Anthony Kennedy.