Latest Aglaw Podcast Episodes
231. FDA needs Congressional Action to Regulate CBD; California's Pest Management Program; Truterra Carbon Programs; NYC Force-Fed Products Ban
Agricultural Law Podcast - March 06, 2023 20:34 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFDA tells Congress it cannot regulate CBD under the current framework; California announces Sustainable Pest Management Program; Truterra offers carbon credit programs; New York City opposed by State government in its attempt to ban sale of force-fed products. Hosted by Al Jones, Research Assi...
230. USMCA Dairy Tariff Rate Quota Dispute; Bayer, Roundup, and Preemption; Conowingo Dam Relicensing Waiver; John Deere, American Farm Bureau, and Right to Repair
Agricultural Law Podcast - February 10, 2023 23:12 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe U.S. and Canada go back to arbitration over the Dairy Tariff Rate Quota Allocation; a federal appeals court rules on preemption in the case alleging failure to warn regarding Roundup and No-Hodgkins Lymphoma; the Conowingo Dam relicensing faces more hurdles; and John Deere signs a Memorandum...
229. Pork Price Fixing Settlements; Smithfield Piglet Theft Verdict; and Over-Order Premium Developments
Agricultural Law Podcast - November 10, 2022 01:40 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsSmithfield joins JBS in completely settling civil class action antitrust allegations of pork price-fixing; a Utah state court criminal prosecution for theft of two piglets from a Smithfield pork production facility ends in a not guilty verdict; and the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board will once...
228. Farmer Debt Relief and Chesapeake Executive Council Meeting
Agricultural Law Podcast - October 26, 2022 22:43 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsCongress’s repeal of Socially Disadvantaged Farmer debt relief provisions in the American Rescue Plan Act leads to a unique breach of contract suit with billions of dollars in play, and Pennsylvania, as well as other states, receive a possible signal that punitive actions may not be taken by EPA...
227. Tyson Workers COVID Lawsuit; Plainville Farms Animal Abuse Charges; and USDAs Worker Relief Payments
Agricultural Law Podcast - October 21, 2022 02:02 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAn update on a lawsuit by Tyson employees against their employer for inadequate COVID protections; animal cruelty charges are filed based upon undercover video of organic turkey processor employees; and USDA's COVID relief payments of $600 for individual farm and food workers inch closer to a re...
226. PA Milk Marketing Board Signals Potential OOP Change and EPA Withdraws Roundup Decision
Agricultural Law Podcast - October 14, 2022 18:16 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsPennsylvania’s milk marketing board commits to amend a component of the state’s milk pricing system, the sometimes controversial “Over-Order Premium” and the EPA withdraws its latest registration decision on Glyphosate containing herbicides, causing lots of questions for the entire ag industry. ...
225. Joint Case Management Statement Filed in Roundup Cases; Biotech Executive Order Issued; and Avian Influenza Resurges
Agricultural Law Podcast - October 11, 2022 18:19 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsA federal court hears proposals for resolving the multidistrict roundup litigation; President Biden issues an Executive Order on biotechnology and biomanufacturing; and the resurgence of avian influenza. Hosted by Ethan Durand, Research Assistant—With Brook Duer, Staff Attorney—Produced & ...
224. USDA's Huge Climate, Domestic Food Purchasing, and Organic Farming Investments
Agricultural Law Podcast - September 27, 2022 00:29 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsUSDA has announced a total of $3.5 Billion for the new Climate Smart Commodities program; $2 Billion in new funds for Domestic Food Purchasing programs; and $300 Million for the Organic Transition Initiative. We break down what's contained in each program and the significance of these investment...
223. Bayer's Roundup Victories; Stay of Dicamba Litigation Challenged; and Mistrial Declared in Blue Bell CEOs Trial
Agricultural Law Podcast - September 22, 2022 23:31 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsBayer wins a fifth consecutive state court roundup products liability trial, the legal challenge to the EPA's 2020 5-year dicamba registration approval may finally move ahead, and the criminal trial of Blue Bell ice cream’s former CEO ends in a mistrial. Hosted by Ethan Durand, Research Assist...
222. Ag Funding in Inflation Reduction Act; Smithfield Settles Antitrust Case; and Dairy Farmers of America Class Action Filed
Agricultural Law Podcast - September 01, 2022 18:44 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe federal government enacts the second part of the Biden Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, with nearly $38 Billion of new money for agricultural programs and rural development; pork processing giant Smithfield Foods settles pork class action claims; and one of the nation’s la...
221. DOJ Files Consent Decrees in Poultry Wage Case; Koch Settles Class Action; and USDA Expands MPI
Agricultural Law Podcast - August 11, 2022 21:25 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe DOJ files a complaint and proposed consent decrees in yet more poultry antitrust litigation; a settlement in a private class action case against Koch Poultry; and the USDA announces an expansion of its State MPI Program to Oregon. Hosted by Ethan Durand, Research Assistant—With Brook Duer,...
220. PA Releases HPAI Control Zones; PA Submits Watershed Implementation Plan; and Poultry Industry Wage Suppression Lawsuit Proceeds to Trial
Agricultural Law Podcast - August 01, 2022 19:54 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsPennsylvania releases all HPAI control zones and is essentially HPAI free, pending the start of bird migration southward in the fall; a class-action alleges a conspiracy to suppress poultry plant worker income; and two very important water quality developments in Pennsylvania that, of course, in...
219. PA General Assembly Passes Increased Ag and Chesapeake Bay Budget, Federal Court Holds FIFRA Does Not Preempt State Glyphosate Claims
Agricultural Law Podcast - July 27, 2022 12:42 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe Pennsylvania Legislature passes a budget package which features efforts to address the Chesapeake Bay; Bayer loses on an appeal regarding its Roundup liabilities; and the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board commits to reconsider its direction for the last 30-plus years by setting 3 days of hea...
218. EPA Releases Latest Bay Progress Modeling & Bader Farms Remanded on Punitive Damages Only
Agricultural Law Podcast - July 22, 2022 00:15 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program Model shows a decline in the nutrient and sediment pollution entering the Bay, Bader Farms v. Monsanto Company and BASF is remanded to recalculate punitive damages, the EPA publishes a consent decree regarding pesticide-treated seed, and Sysco Corp files a beef price...
217: Raw Butter, Gaseous Ammonia Emissions, and PA’s Biodiesel Mandate
Agricultural Law Podcast - July 15, 2022 12:49 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsA federal court affirms the denial of Mark McAfee's request for rulemaking on interstate raw butter sales; Maryland’s highest court will decide if NPDES discharge permits must control gaseous ammonia emissions; Pennsylvania suspends its 2% on-road biodiesel mandate; and, the Pennsylvania milk ma...
216. SCOTUS Declines to Hear Bayer RoundUp Verdict Appeal
Agricultural Law Podcast - July 06, 2022 13:26 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsOn June 21, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a Petition For Certiorari filed by Bayer, the purchaser of Monsanto’s glyphosate-containing RoundUp herbicide product line and the successor to its product liabilities for those products. The Court entered a one-word Order simply stating “Denied.” ...
215. SCOTUS update: Sackett v. EPA
Agricultural Law Podcast - June 28, 2022 12:34 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis week, on June 14, 2022, the US Supreme Court scheduled oral argument in a case out of Idaho called Sackett v. EPA for October 3, 2022. EPA prevented the Sacketts from completing construction of a residential home at an intended site on the property, claiming the Sacketts' property qualified...
214. SCOTUS Update: National Pork Producers Council v. Ross
Agricultural Law Podcast - June 23, 2022 15:29 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsNational Pork Producers Council v. Ross will decide if California’s Proposition 12 animal confinement regulations are constitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled oral argument for October 3, 2022.
213. New HPAI cases nearly zero and Renewable Fuel Standards Volumes set
Agricultural Law Podcast - June 15, 2022 15:01 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsNew commercial poultry premise detections have decreased nationally, the EPA released renewable fuel volume blending obligations for the refining industry, the USDA announced a $3 billion investment in a "Food Systems Transformation" framework, and right to repair lawsuits against John Deere hav...
212. HPAI Confirmed Throughout the U.S. & USMCA Dispute Continues Over Canadian Dairy Tarif-Rate Quotas
Agricultural Law Podcast - May 23, 2022 12:58 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHighly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed at 13 Pa. and 178 national commercial poultry operations and the United States has twice rejected Canada’s dairy tariff-rate quota proposals. Also, EPA found “no confidence” in Pa.’s Chesapeake Bay Phase III Watershed Implementation Pla...
211. USDA Confirms HPAI in Pa & PDA Sends Letter to EPA Over Conowingo Plan Funding
Agricultural Law Podcast - May 03, 2022 13:52 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsUSDA confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza in commercial layer flocks in Pennsylvania and the White House announced EPA will issue an E15 national emergency waiver in June. Then, the Chesapeake Bay Principals’ Staff Committee and the Pa. Dept. of Environ. Protection sent letters responding...
210. Federal Court Enjoins Iowa’s March 2019 Ag-Gag Law & Tenth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of ‘Product of the USA’ Meat Labeling Lawsuit
Agricultural Law Podcast - March 23, 2022 11:58 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsA federal district court enjoined Iowa’s March 2019 “ag-gag” law and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a “Product of the USA” meat labeling lawsuit. Also, a new Pennsylvania regulation exempts hayride owners from the engineer verification requirement f...
209. Appropriations Act Provides $1 Million for Cattle Contract Library Pilot Program & FDA Approves Food Use for Genetically Altered Cattle
Agricultural Law Podcast - March 15, 2022 22:35 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsOrganic Valley sent letters of intent to 80 northeast organic dairy producers and the 2022 Appropriations Act provided $1 million for a Cattle Contract Library pilot program. Then, FDA allowed the food use of genetically altered cattle and New York passed a law allowing hemp producers to apply f...
208. Federal Court Denies Prop 12 Preliminary Injunction & EPA Denies All Objections to Chlorpyrifos Rule
Agricultural Law Podcast - March 10, 2022 18:48 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHighly pathogenic avian influenza was found in domestic poultry in twelve states and a California federal court denied a preliminary injunction against Proposition 12. Then, EPA issued an order denying all objections to its final rule revoking all chlorpyrifos tolerances and Hanover Foods entere...
207. Ag Groups File Suit to Stay Chlorpyrifos Rule & High Path Avian Influenza Confirmed in Commercial Flocks
Agricultural Law Podcast - February 28, 2022 00:59 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMultiple ag groups filed suit to stay EPA’s chlorpyrifos prohibition rule and highly pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed in commercial flocks in Indiana and Kentucky. Also, the state of Maryland, along with several environmental groups, filed suit against Valley Protein. Hosted by Au...
206. Pa. Mushroom Co-op Not Entitled to Antitrust Protection & USDA Opens Online Complaint Portal
Agricultural Law Podcast - February 16, 2022 22:18 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsA federal court found that a Pennsylvania mushroom cooperative was not entitled to antitrust protection and JBS will pay $52.5 million in a settlement agreement with the direct purchaser plaintiffs in a beef antitrust class action suit. Also, USDA and DOJ announced a new online portal for antico...
205. California State Court Delays Prop 12 Enforcement & EPA Says Agency Will Conduct Unannounced Inspections
Agricultural Law Podcast - February 09, 2022 00:20 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsA California state court delayed enforcement of Proposition 12’s whole pork square footage requirements on retailers and USDA published its Pesticide Data Program 2020 Annual Summary. Also, EPA announced that the agency will conduct unannounced inspections to protect public health in disadvantag...
204. USDA Publishes Report on Retaliatory Tariff Economic Effects & Enlist/Enlist Duo Registrations Approved with Use Restrictions, Prohibitions
Agricultural Law Podcast - January 28, 2022 22:20 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsUSDA published a report detailing the effects of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. agriculture exports and the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee published its December 2021 recommendations to EPA. Also, a federal court denied SueBee honey maker’s motion to dismiss a suit al...
203. Supreme Court Stays OSHA Vaccination Rule & Environmental Groups Revive Dicamba Challenge Citing EPA Report
Agricultural Law Podcast - January 20, 2022 22:26 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe U.S. Supreme Court imposed a stay on OSHA’s worker vaccination rule and denied review of the D.C. Circuit Court’s order prohibiting year-round sales of E15. Also, several environmental groups filed a motion to remove a stay on a case challenging EPA’s 2020 dicamba registrations after EPA’s p...
202. EPA Publishes 2021 Dicamba Report & States Act on Animal Welfare Laws
Agricultural Law Podcast - January 15, 2022 17:50 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEPA published its 2021 dicamba report, a GAO report revealed errors in the USDA Market Facilitation Program, and a federal court dismissed Round-Up claims under Texas products liability laws. Then, Massachusetts delayed implementation of its animal welfare law while California issued Prop 12 gui...
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