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Agriculture Committee rejects seed regulation

The Agriculture Committee rejected the Commission's proposed seed regulation by 37 votes to two on Tuesday amid concerns that it would give the Commission excessively wide powers and leave member states no room to adapt the rules to their needs. MEPs also said that the proposal failed to meet core objectives such as simplifying the rules and promoting innovation or to deal with plants viewed as ...

Feb. 11, 2014

By European Parliament

New draft rules for State aids in agriculture, forestry and rural areas, now available for information and feedback

The draft new rules on State aids in the agriculture and forestry sectors and in rural areas (block exemption Regulation and Guidelines) have now been put online in all official EU-languages. The new rules have not yet been adopted by the Commission. These drafts are made public to inform institutions, public authorities, organisations, companies and citizens who can make comments by 24 March ...

Feb. 24, 2014

By Europa Press Room

The Council adopts general fishing opportunities for 2014

The Council adopted yesterday by written procedure a regulation providing fishing opportunities in 2014 to EU vessels in Union and certain non-Union waters (18118/13). A political agreement had been reached on this regulation at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting on 17 December 2013. The regulation establishes the total allowable catches (TACs) and member states' fishing quotas for ...

Jan. 21, 2014

By EU Council of Ministers

EPA Releases Report on Maryland Agriculture Programs

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today it has completed an evaluation of Maryland’s animal agriculture regulations and programs. The assessment, which is one of six that the agency is conducting of state animal agriculture programs within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, found that Maryland has a robust and well-implemented state program. EPA conducts periodic reviews of ...

Aug. 31, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA announces new members of agricultural advisory committee

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced new members of the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee (FRRCC) for its 2012-2014 term. The FRRCC is an independent committee that advises EPA on a wide range of environmental issues that are important to agriculture and rural communities. “The committee has provided thoughtful and substantive insights on agricultural ...

Jun. 20, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Recent Attempts to Strip COOL Law Misleading Consumers

National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued the following statement today regarding recent attempts to reverse the United States’ Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) law: “U.S. packer-producer organizations and their foreign counterparts have been working overtime to undercut or reverse COOL law through multiple channels aggressively in recent weeks. “The ...

Nov. 6, 2013

By National Farmers Union (NFU)

Cattlemen support nomination of Gov. Perdue to lead U.S. Department of Agriculture

Tracy Brunner, president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, today released the following statement in support of President-elect Trump’s nomination of former Gov. Sonny Perdue to be Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture: “Governor Perdue’s an excellent pick to head the Agriculture Department. As a lifelong agri-businessman and veterinarian, as well ...

Jan. 18, 2017

By National Cattlemen`s Beef Association

COOL Arguments Heard in Court

National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued the following statement following the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit hearing arguments in the ongoing Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) lawsuit in which NFU is an intervener: "Today's argument presents to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit the question of whether the U.S. District ...

Jan. 9, 2014

By National Farmers Union (NFU)

MEPs reject draft seed regulation

The European Commission's proposal for plant reproductive material law, also known as the “seed regulation”, was voted down by Parliament on Tuesday, amid concerns that it would give the Commission too much power and leave EU countries without any leeway to tailor the new rules to their needs. Following the Commission’s refusal to withdraw its draft text and table an improved ...

Mar. 11, 2014

By European Commission, Agriculture and Rural Development DG

State aid: Commission adopts new rules for State Aids in Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Areas

The European Commission has today (June 25, 2014) set out revised and updated criteria under which Member States can support agriculture, forestry and rural areas, in line with EU state aid rules. This is part of the Commission's State Aid Modernisation (SAM) initiative, aimed at fostering growth and competitiveness in the EU, and goes hand in hand with the Common Agricultural Policy, more ...

Jun. 25, 2014

By Europa Press Room

Ranking Member Stabenow Statement on USDA Appeal of Harmful Food Assistance Rule

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today released a statement regarding the Trump Administration’s decision to appeal a court ruling that has halted a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) nutrition rule. The rule would make harmful changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). “It is ...

May 13, 2020

By U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry

New rules for pesticides in the EU

On 23 June, the Agriculture Council agreed a common position on new rules for placing plant protection products on the market in the EU. The objective is to increase protection for human health and the environment and improve the functioning of the internal market. The new regulation will retain the two-tier nature of the present system. Active substances will continue to be approved at EU level ...

Jun. 25, 2008

By EU Council of Ministers

Chairman Roberts Hails CFTC Final Rule on Position Limits

U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today praised the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for finalizing a rule on position limits for derivatives. The final rule passed by a vote of 3-2. “I appreciate the CFTC’s careful review and consideration of stakeholders’ input, particularly from our ...

Oct. 15, 2020

By U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry

President trump signs executive orders to Boost Rural America

President Trump is sending a clear signal this week that he is interested and engaged in helping boost rural America. With the executive order signed on Tuesday, USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue will chair a newly established Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity, charged “to ensure the informed exercise of regulatory authority that impacts agriculture and rural ...

Apr. 26, 2017

By National Cattlemen`s Beef Association

The Ag & Food Law Update: September 12, 2016

JUDICIAL: Includes labeling, AWA, AMAA, and dog law issues. Zapata Fonseca v. Goya Foods Inc., No. 16-CV-02559-LHK, 2016 WL 4698942 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 8, 2016) plaintiff filed class action after defendant sold four products labeled as “octopus.” Plaintiff argued products were squid instead of octopus, and that defendant “intentionally replaced the octopus with squid to save money ...

Sep. 12, 2016

By The National Agricultural Law Center (NALC)

USDA Issues Biobased Manufacturing Program Rule in Final

On May 18, 2020, USDA issued its final rule for the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program (9003 Program), which incorporates the statutory definition changes as required in the Agricultural Act of 2018 (Farm Bill) and adopts the interim rule published on June 14, 2015. The 9003 Program replaces the Biorefinery Assistance Program (BAP), which ...

May 22, 2020

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA sends draft revisions to human research rule to secretary of agriculture

Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a notice in the Federal Register announcing that it has forwarded to the Secretary of Agriculture, a draft proposed rule that would revise EPA's 2006 rule on protections for subjects in human research involving pesticides. 75 Fed. Reg. 62738 (found online). EPA announced on June 18, 2010, that it settled a lawsuit over its 2006 final ...

Jan. 24, 2011

By Acta Group

EPA Sends Draft Revisions to Human Research Rule to Secretary of Agriculture

On October 13, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a notice in the Federal Register announcing that it has forwarded to the Secretary of Agriculture, a draft proposed rule that would revise EPA's 2006 rule on protections for subjects in human research involving pesticides. 75 Fed. Reg. 62738 (found online). EPA announced on June 18, 2010, that it settled a lawsuit over ...

Oct. 20, 2010

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Launches Pesticide Worker Protection Dashboard

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently launched a new Pesticide Worker Protection Dashboard (Dashboard). EPA states this Dashboard is “focused on the universe of agricultural operations regulated and farm workers and pesticide handlers covered by the Worker Protection Standard.” EPA states that the Dashboard provides charts and graphs presenting certain key ...

Dec. 19, 2015

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Producers, Veterinarians Invited to Discuss the PED Virus and Other New Coronaviruses Affecting Swine

Producers and veterinarians can learn from animal health experts the latest developments regarding viruses that are killing piglets and disrupting the swine industry during seven meetings held across Pennsylvania. Penn Vet’s New Bolton Swine Group and veterinarians with the Pennsylvania Department of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services will lead the meetings that discuss Porcine Epidemic ...

Oct. 3, 2014

By Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA)

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