April 5 is the date of the first hearing for the many parties involved in a federal court challenge to a final rule posted this past December from EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers
Continue Reading First hearing set for challenge to new WOTUS rule by major private landowners
A letter sent Tuesday to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan urges him to unleash EPA’s powers on so-called “factory farms.” The letter is signed by 218 known and unknown groups.
The many groups want
Continue Reading The pressure put on EPA over ‘factory farms’
Beginning next October, the Supreme Court session will have a food and agriculture theme going for it. The high court has already agreed to hear two blockbuster cases involving the Clean Water Act and California’s
Continue Reading A food and agriculture theme emerging for next Supreme Court session
Rare as it is to get a case once before the U.S. Supreme Court, getting a return trip to the high court is almost unheard of, but that’s what Chantell and Mike Sackett of Priest
Continue Reading A rare second appearance before Supreme Court in Clean Water Act case
When the bitter cold began spreading over rural America last month, the parlor guessing game around many a wood stove was guessing who President-elect Donald J. Trump would name as secretary of agriculture. But the
Continue Reading Secretary of Agriculture choice not as difficult as farm policy
Privacy was the winner in a Court of Appeals case a few days ago in the 8th U.S. Circuit with a unanimous ruling against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 
A three-judge panel ruled against EPA’s
Continue Reading Farmers and ranchers get their privacy back
Is milk as dangerous as oil? Many would tell you not to cry over spilled milk, but if you are a dairy farmer you may have reason to shed a few tears. Dairy farmers may become subject to
JBS USA and the Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a settlement last week over one of the company’s plants’ alleged failure to comply with the Clean Water Act and the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law, which
Continue Reading JBS to Pay $2 Million in PA Water Pollution Case
Environmental groups and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reached a settlement yesterday requiring the agency to propose a rule on greater information gathering on factory farms, otherwise known as concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). The
Washington Beef, a slaughterhouse in central Washington, agreed last week to pay $750,000 in civil penalties for allegedly violating the Clean Water Act between 2003 and 2009. In addition to the monetary penalty, Washington Beef
Continue Reading AgriBeef Pays for Clean Water Act Violations
