Administrative Law – May 23, 2012

by K&L Gates LLP on 5/18/2012

On May 9, 2012, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS or Agency) published a notice in the Federal Register requesting comments on the Agency’s revised draft guidance on the...more

by McAfee & Taft on 4/16/2012

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: - 1 Full Circle: A lawyer’s story of returning to the family farm - 4 When livestock stray - 5 What every farmer needs to know about the crop insurance appraisal process - 6 FREQUENTLY ASKED...more

by Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 4/13/2012

Today, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) provided a Central Valley Project (CVP) water supply allocation update of 100 percent to North-of-Delta agricultural water service contractors and 40 percent to South-of-Delta...more

by Baker & McKenzie Australia on 3/21/2012

The New South Wales (NSW) Government has released Draft Strategic Regional Land Use Plans (the Draft Land Use Plans) for the New England North West and the Upper Hunter in NSW (Affected Regions). The Draft Land Use...more

by Littler on 2/23/2012

Effective January 1, 2012, California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Act (ALRA) was amended in ways that will likely help unions to organize agricultural employees in California and obtain favorable labor contracts...more

by Law Offices of David A. Gabay, PC on 2/20/2012

A recent article posted on MSNBC’s website by Alan Boyle revealed that a scientist working at a university in the Netherlands is working on a project to grow animal meat in a laboratory using funding provided by a private...more

by Mintz Levin on 1/24/2012

In This Issue: Energy and Climate Debate; Congress; Administration; Department of Agriculture; Department of Commerce; Department of Energy; Department of Interior; Department of Transportation; Environmental Protection...more

by McAfee & Taft on 11/9/2011

Agricultural Law Update - Volume 28, Number 4 - November 2011 Purchasers of federally reinsured crop insurance policies often find themselves at odds with the actions of the Risk Management Agency (the “RMA”), the arm of...more