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Covers agricultural law, farming, and GM crops.

http://aglaw.blogspot.com/

Jun 13
Maine Law Review Food Law Symposium Articles Available

Maine Law Review Food Law Symposium Articles Available

Announcement from the Maine Law Review (edited for this post):On February 23, 2013, the Maine Law Review organized a day-long conference in Portland, Maine devoted to discussing emerging issues in food law and policy. This conference,…
Jun 5
Teaching Assistantships Available in Ag & Food Law Program

Teaching Assistantships Available in Ag & Food Law Program

The LL.M. Program in Agricultural & Food Law at the University of Arkansas School of Law has two remaining teaching assistantship positions that are available to attorneys with practice experience. In exchange for adjunct…
May 31
USDA ERS Report on Women Farmer

USDA ERS Report on Women Farmer

While women have always been recognized as critically important to our food system, their leadership role in agricultural production is a more recent phenomenon. Last month, the USDA ERS released a new report, Characteristics of Women…

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farmgate

Covers agricultural policy issues. By the University of Illinois Extension.

http://www.farmgateblog.com/

Dec 19
Where is agriculture teetering on the “fiscal cliff?”

Where is agriculture teetering on the “fiscal cliff?”

While the nation’s leaders continue their fiscal policy discussions and the citizenry teeters on the edge of the “fiscal cliff,” agriculture may have already fallen over the cliff. Its fate will be determined whether…
Dec 17
Seed corn selection strategies for 2013 and beyond

Seed corn selection strategies for 2013 and beyond

Do you have all of your 2013 seed corn booked? Are you guaranteed of getting what you want? Will you have some flex acres that could use seed corn next spring, if the soy-corn ratio prefers corn? Have you been told by your…
Dec 13
No Farm Bill Yet, But It May Already Violate International Trade Rule

No Farm Bill Yet, But It May Already Violate International Trade Rule

The 2008 Farm Bill expired at the end of September, and a replacement is caught up in the stalemate on the so-call “fiscal cliff” talks in Washington, which will dictate the extent of the safety net for US farmers over the next…

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Food and Agriculture Law Blog

Covers national and international agriculture issues. By Rincker Law PLLC.

http://rinckerlaw.com/blog

Jun 14
Overview of the USDA Economic Research Service

Overview of the USDA Economic Research Service

I’m currently conducting a blog series where each week I give an overview of the responsibilities of a government agency regulating our food and agriculture system. I think it’s a helpful reminder for everyone on just how…
Jun 12
Conversation Starters about Estate and Succession Planning for Farm

Conversation Starters about Estate and Succession Planning for Farm

Don’t be afraid to have open and honest conversations with your family about estate and succession planning. “The only thing certain in life is death and taxes,” Ben Franklin famously said; so let us not make the…
Jun 10
Need an Embryo Transfer Contract? Questionnaire for Recipient Agreement

Need an Embryo Transfer Contract? Questionnaire for Recipient Agreement

As I mentioned in this article, this outline,and this PowerPoint presentation, there are three types of embryo transfer (“ET”) contracts with livestock. I developed a questionnaire for clients interested in obtaining a…

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Food Law Blog (US)

By the Institute of Food Laws and Regulations.

http://foodlawblog.foodlaw.org/

Apr 19
Last Chance to Register - Summer Academy in Global Food Law and Policy

Last Chance to Register - Summer Academy in Global Food Law and Policy

The Summer Academy in Global Food Law and Policy is an established one-week summer program that brings together practitioners, policymakers, industry representatives, and leading academics working in the field of food law and policy. It…
Mar 15
Record-High Antibiotic Use for Animal Feed

Record-High Antibiotic Use for Animal Feed

In 2012 FDA proposed voluntary guidelines designed reduce antibiotics use in animal feed. There is scientific consensus that antibiotic use for growth promotion is inappropriate and should be ended. The Pew Charitable Trusts compared the…
Feb 20
Patent Rights, Exhaustion Doctrine, and Monsanto

Patent Rights, Exhaustion Doctrine, and Monsanto

On February 19, 2013, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Bowman v. Monsanto Co., involving an Indiana farmer who replicated Monsanto’s patented seeds them without paying the company a fee. Farmers who buy this patented seed must…

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Food Law in Asia

Covers Asian food regulation. By the Institute of Food Laws and Regulations.

http://foodlawasia.foodlaw.org/

May 21
Reforming Food Law in China

Reforming Food Law in China

Barely a day goes by in China without news of yet another food safety scandal. This situation is seriously affecting not only the Chinese’s sentiment of trust towards their local products but it is also disrupting the economic viability…
Mar 10
Chinese ban benzoyl peroxide and calcium peroxide as food additive

Chinese ban benzoyl peroxide and calcium peroxide as food additive

According to China Daily, on March 1 Chinese authorities banned the production of two food additives used to bleach flour.
Feb 11
Indian Supreme Court bans industry from advisory committee

Indian Supreme Court bans industry from advisory committee

FoodProductionDaily reports that the Indian Food Safety and Standards Authority (FSSA) has been blocked from including representatives from the food and beverage industry in a scientific panel set up to advise on safety and standards.The…

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Food Safety News

Provides global food safety news & information. By Marler Clark LLP, PS.

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/

Jun 18
Q&A with Author Marion Nestle on Food Politics, SNAP, and Food Safety

Q&A with Author Marion Nestle on Food Politics, SNAP, and Food Safety

Best-selling food author Marion Nestle paid a quick visit to Food Safety News during a stop in Seattle to discuss food politics, the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps), and food safety. Seattle…
Jun 18
Salmonella Sickens Hundreds of Chinese Schoolchildren

Salmonella Sickens Hundreds of Chinese Schoolchildren

At least 386 children in a Chinese province were hospitalized last week with suspected Salmonella infections, health officials announced Sunday. The students, who reside in the Meishan City area of Sichuan province, fell ill at the end of…
Jun 17
Rep. Slaughter Asks President Obama to Consider Antibiotic Resistance at G-8 Summit

Rep. Slaughter Asks President Obama to Consider Antibiotic Resistance at G-8 Summit

Congreswwoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY) sent a letter to President Obama asking that he “pay special attention to the issues of antibiotic resistance” at this week’s G-8 summit in Northern Ireland. Rep. Slaughter also urged…

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Institute for Food Laws and…

Institute for Food Laws and Regulation Blog

By the Institute for Food Laws and Regulations (IFLR) at Michigan State University.

http://iflr.foodlaw.org/

Jun 10
Food Fraud Exercise on June 18, 2013 in East Lansing, Michigan

Food Fraud Exercise on June 18, 2013 in East Lansing, Michigan

On June 18, 2013 the Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development (MDARD) and Michigan State University (MSU) will host a table-top exercise that will promote awareness of food fraud. Food fraud is a collective…
Jun 7
UCLA School of Law Establishes Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy

UCLA School of Law Establishes Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy

UCLA School of Law has received a $4 million gift from the Resnick Family Foundation to establish the Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy. The gift provides for as much as another $3 million in matching endowment funds. The new program…
May 29
20 GB of free cloud storage with Copy

20 GB of free cloud storage with Copy

There is a new cloud service, Copy, a new online storage service which gives you 20GB of free cloud storage in three easy steps:- Sign up for Copy's free plan by following this link.- Validate your email address- Install the Copy…

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International Food Law Blog

By the Institute for Food Laws & Regulations.

http://globalfoodlaw.foodlaw.org/

May 22
On the uses and misuses of the precautionary principle: Towards a EU ban on neonicotinoid insecticide

On the uses and misuses of the precautionary principle: Towards a EU ban on neonicotinoid insecticide

Alberto Alemanno has posted a blog article on risk regulation and EU Law titled, On the uses and misuses of the precautionary principle: Towards a EU ban on neonicotinoid insecticides. The short article is well worth reading for its…
Apr 19
Last Chance to Register - Summer Academy in Global Food Law and Policy

Last Chance to Register - Summer Academy in Global Food Law and Policy

The Summer Academy in Global Food Law and Policy is an established one-week summer program that brings together practitioners, policymakers, industry representatives, and leading academics working in the field of food law and policy. It…
Apr 11
Foundations of EU Food Law and Policy

Foundations of EU Food Law and Policy

The introductory chapter to Alberto Alemanno’s forthcoming book, “Foundations of EU Food Law and Policy,” is available here on SSRN. The book gathers the viewpoints of academics, policymakers, industry representatives, and…

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Agricultural law blog that seeks to bring current legal issues of interest to the doorsteps of farmers, ranchers, and agribusinesses. Tackles state and federal environmental issues related to agriculture. By Todd Janzen.

http://www.janzenaglaw.com/

Jun 12
Genetically engineered wheat arrives. Lawsuits follow.

Genetically engineered wheat arrives. Lawsuits follow.

A farmer in Oregon discovered glyphosate resistant wheat recently in one of his fields. Though such genetic engineering (GE) has been common in corn and soybeans for more than a decade, wheat markets have never accepted GE products—and…
Jun 6
Why patent law favors Monsanto.

Why patent law favors Monsanto.

It is rare that the United States Supreme Court takes a case that directly affects Midwestern corn and soybean farmers. That happened recently in Bowman v. Monsanto, where the Supreme Court held that Indiana soybean farmer, Vernon Bowman,…
Jun 4
Thinking of expanding your farm? Don't assume the Right to Farm Act applies.

Thinking of expanding your farm? Don't assume the Right to Farm Act applies.

Obert's Legacy Dairy, LLCI recently litigated a case that made state and national news involving a “nuisance” claim against the Obert’s Legacy Dairy after it expanded from its traditional 100 cow size to a more modern 760…

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Law of the Lands - Farm, Energy…

Law of the Lands - Farm, Energy and Enviro Law

Provides legal information of interest to landowners in the areas of agriculture law, energy law and environmental law. By John Goudy.

http://landownerlaw.blogspot.com/

May 29
Divisional Court upholds OMB on question of reduction in market value for contamination

Divisional Court upholds OMB on question of reduction in market value for contamination

The City of Toronto appealed an OMB decision awarding more than $3.3 million for market value on the expropriation of a contaminated property. The property in question was the former site of a soft drink manufacturing plant; the…
Apr 25
Wheel off wood chipper case sent back for new trial

Wheel off wood chipper case sent back for new trial

Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) officers investigated a truck stopped along a highway. Attached to the truck was a wood chipping machine that was missing its right wheel. The hub of the wheel was located at the end of a…
Apr 19
Tribunal upholds rejection of milk from farm's bulk tank

Tribunal upholds rejection of milk from farm's bulk tank

The Ontario Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Tribunal has dismissed an appeal by an Ontario dairy farm from the rejection of milk from its operation by the Dairy Farmers of Ontario ("DFO"). The farm has operated for 30 years and, in…

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Law under the Microscope

News, updates and ruminations on legal and regulatory developments related to the life sciences, bioagriculture and nanotechnology. By Cece Gassner.

http://lifetech.blogs.com/bionanoblawg/

Aug 19
Jury Awards Blockbuster Damages in Vioxx Lawsuit

Jury Awards Blockbuster Damages in Vioxx Lawsuit

Last year saw the beginning of grumblings that drug companies may be keeping certain trial results out of the public, and that the FDA may also not be getting out cautions when needed. Merck had been accused of hiding research that showed…
Jul 26
Nanotech Cure for Cancer?

Nanotech Cure for Cancer?

I'll be posting more later today on some regulatory/legal developments in the bioscience world, but wanted to pass along this article from Wired online. This could be a great development in treatment for various diseases - using nifty little…
Jun 21
Patent Backlog

Patent Backlog

One tidbit from the BIO 2005 sessions that really stuck in my mind - the PTO now faces a backlog of 500,000 patent applications. With the rate of growth in patent filings, they foresee having a backlog of a million applications within the…

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Midwest Agricultural Law Guide

Covers farm management, crop damage claims and crop insurance. By Lamson, Dugan and Murray, LLP.

http://midwestagriculturallawguide.com/

Jun 13
Wet Weather Problems Pt II: Crop Insurance and Your Option

Wet Weather Problems Pt II: Crop Insurance and Your Option

To plant or not to plant? It is a question several farmers are facing this year in those areas of the Midwest where the rain hasn’t let up and the rivers have overtopped their banks. In some areas, the ……
Jun 7
Wet Weather Problems Pt. 1: Manure Application and Iowa Law

Wet Weather Problems Pt. 1: Manure Application and Iowa Law

This spring it rains 3 days for every 1 day it doesn’t rain in Iowa. At least it seems. While the headlines concentrate on the delayed planting and replanting caused by flooded fields,…
May 18
Supreme Court Ruling Protects Monsanto’s Patent For Round Up Ready Seed

Supreme Court Ruling Protects Monsanto’s Patent For Round Up Ready Seed

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled an Indiana farmer violated Monsanto’s patent when he planted soybeans containing Monsanto’s patented Round-Up ready genetics without paying Monsanto for the seed. The…

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SullivanLawNet

Legal news and analysis, with an emphasis on international and domestic intellectual property developments. By Shawn Sullivan.

http://www.sullivanlaw.net

Jun 13
US Supreme Ct: Naturally Occurring DNA is Unpatentable Product of Nature

US Supreme Ct: Naturally Occurring DNA is Unpatentable Product of Nature

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that naturally occurring DNA is a product of nature and, as such, is not patentable. Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., No. 12-398 (U.S. June 13, 2013). However, according to the…
Jun 5
Spanish Plant Variety Rights Litigation Continue

Spanish Plant Variety Rights Litigation Continue

According to news reports, an appellate court in Granada, Spain recently affirmed a lower tribunal’s denial of a request by Swiss multinational Syngenta for provisional measures against a company it claimed was infringing…
May 21
Senate Tax Report Details Apple’s Offshore Profit-Shifting Tactic

Senate Tax Report Details Apple’s Offshore Profit-Shifting Tactic

The report of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations on Apple Inc.’s international tax strategy sheds light on how the company has exploited to maximum effect a number of gaps in the web of national tax jurisdictions.…

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The LL.M. Program in Agricultural…

The LL.M. Program in Agricultural & Food Law

Covers the law of food and agriculture. By the Graduate Program in Agricultural & Food Law at the University of Arkansas School of Law.

http://aglawllm.blogspot.com/

Jun 18
We are beginning to welcome our new class…

We are beginning to welcome our new class of LL.M. candidates, the Class of 2013-14. We were pleased to receive the following report from one of these candidates, Wesley Ward. Wes is a 2009 graduate of the University of…
May 28
LL.M. Alum Doug O'Brien - Acting Under Secretary for Rural Development

LL.M. Alum Doug O'Brien - Acting Under Secretary for Rural Development

We are delighted to announce that our alumnus, Doug O'Brien was recently appointed Acting Under Secretary for Rural Development at USDA. Doug's passion for rural communities and his history of thoughtful innovation in rural development…
May 17
Judd Jensen, Attorney; Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry, & Hoven P.C.

Judd Jensen, Attorney; Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry, & Hoven P.C.

We continue to receive good news from our Alumni with new position announcements, this one from Judd Jensen.Judd Jensen recently joined the law firm of Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry, & Hoven P.C. in Bozemon, Montana. Judd reports…

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The United States Agricultural…

The United States Agricultural & Food Law and Policy Blog

Covers agricultural law and policy news. By the American Agricultural Law Association.

http://www.agandfoodlaw.com/

Jun 11
Supreme Court Rules that Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 Withdraws Tucker Act Jurisdiction; Takings Claim Can Be Raised as Affirmative Defense in USDA Enforcement Proceeding

Supreme Court Rules that Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 Withdraws Tucker Act Jurisdiction; Takings Claim Can Be Raised as Affirmative Defense in USDA Enforcement Proceeding

In action involving a constitutional challenge to the California Raisin Marketing Order under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937(AMAA), 7 U.S.C. §§ 701-714, §§ 671-674 Horne v. United States Dep’t of…
Jun 7
D.C. Circuit Holds That EPA Can Withdraw §404 Permit Site Specifications Post-Permit

D.C. Circuit Holds That EPA Can Withdraw §404 Permit Site Specifications Post-Permit

In Mingo Logan Coal Co. v. U.S. E.P.A., 714 F.3d 608, the United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, held that the EPA had authority under Clean Water Act to withdraw a §404 disposal site specification permit issued…
Jun 6
Eighth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Producers' Lawsuit Claiming that USDA Improperly Calculated Farmers' SURE Payment

Eighth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Producers' Lawsuit Claiming that USDA Improperly Calculated Farmers' SURE Payment

In Bartlett v. United States Dep’t of Agric., No. 12-3087,2013 WL 2420501 (8th Cir. June 5, 2013), the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a federal district court decision to dismiss an action brought by…

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V. Durga Rao - Advocate

Covers the judiciary, judicial reform and student community at large in India.

http://durgaraovanayam.blogspot.com/

Aug 8
Senior Advocates and Junior Advocates?

Senior Advocates and Junior Advocates?

In legal profession and among the general public, we often hear the reference to ‘Senior Advocate’ and ‘Junior Advocate’. While the reference to ‘Senior Advocate’ is general and based on the age and experience of a particular…
Jul 12
High Courts & Lower Courts & few issues?

High Courts & Lower Courts & few issues?

Citizens very often complain about our legal system and as to how the Courts are functioning in this country. People having experience with Courts will explain in detail as to how our system functions. Unless one is a habitual litigant…
Jul 10
Indian Legal System – problems may not end soon?

Indian Legal System – problems may not end soon?

A good legal system represents good governance in the Country. We may say that India is a vibrant democracy and we may further proudly say that Indian society reflects ‘Unity in Diversity’. There are critics of democracy and they show…

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