Category Archives: Agriculture Law

Jeff Brown reported yesterday at FarmWeekNow.com that, “Illinois farmers have officially begun corn planting, according to USDA’s crop progress report released Monday afternoon. The weekly report tracked the state’s corn planting at 4 percent complete, the first measurable progress of the season. “Last year at this time, Illinois corn planting was 30 percent complete. “Temperatures… Continue Reading

Barbara Soderlin reported yesterday at The Omaha World-Herald Online that, “Melissa Young doesn’t have to get her shoes muddy or leave her Omaha corporate office job to get farm-fresh produce for her family’s dinner. “And Ryan Pekarek, the farmer who grows some of that produce near Dwight, northwest of Lincoln, doesn’t have to deliver his… Continue Reading

John Schwartz reported last week at The New York Times Online that, “Until recently, communities suing fossil fuel companies over the costs of climate change have been located on the coasts: cities and counties in California, and New York City. But now, the litigation has jumped inland. “Boulder and San Miguel Counties in Colorado, along… Continue Reading

National Public Radio reporter Dan Charles reported this week that, “The wild battle in Arkansas over dicamba, the controversial and drift-prone herbicide, just got even crazier. Local courts have told some farmers that they don’t have to obey a summertime ban on dicamba spraying that the state’s agricultural regulators issued last fall. The state has appealed…. Continue Reading

The Associated Press reported yesterday that, “Federal lawsuits between two sunflower seed competitors in the Dakotas who accused each other of false advertising have been settled out of court. “Wahpeton, North Dakota-based Giant Snacks Inc. filed the original lawsuit against Mound City, South Dakota-based Wild Dutchman Products Inc. and one of its partners. It accused… Continue Reading

A news release this week from Senator Chris Murphy (D., Conn.) stated that, “After hearing directly from farmers that student loans often present a barrier to individuals who are new to farming or are looking to start their own farms, [Sen. Murphy] and U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D., N.M.) introduced new legislation, called the Student Loan… Continue Reading

DTN writer Todd Neeley reported yesterday that, “It may be at least a year before farmers and others start to receive payments from a $1.51 billion settlement from a lawsuit filed following Syngenta’s release of Agrisure Viptera and Agrisure Duracade MIR162 corn traits. “A federal court recently approved three additional subclasses of parties allegedly hurt… Continue Reading

Elizabeth G. Dunn reported last week at The Wall Street Journal Online that, “It began for Matthew Accarrino, the chef at SPQR in San Francisco, when he grew weary of sifting through farmers’ markets, vying with other chefs for the same carrots and tomatoes. Truly unusual produce, he realized, wasn’t sold this way—it wouldn’t make financial… Continue Reading