Environmental Law
Oklahoma has reached a nearly $44 million settlement with six poultry companies, resolving a 21-year lawsuit centered on pollution in the Illinois River Watershed.
A June 30 sustainability analysis notes that beef, dairy, pork, poultry, sheep, goats, and aquaculture all face different production realities.
For farmers, ranchers, and rural landowners, these three recent Supreme Court rulings serve as a critical reminder of the need to aggressively ground legal authority strictly in written statutory text to keep government power in check.
The court ruled in Durnell v. Monsanto, which involved Roundup and state-level warning requirements, that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act preempts state failure-to-warn claims that conflict with federal labeling decisions.
Western ranchers continue raising concerns over livestock losses linked to gray wolves.
A Farm Bureau economist says EPA’s Hypoxia Task Force has made encouraging progress in reducing nitrogen runoff in the Mississippi River Basin, but work remains on phosphorus.
The Potter Valley Project has provided irrigation water and hydroelectric power for over 100 years in Northern California, serving agriculture and municipal users.
The administration says the move will support domestic seafood production and coastal economies.
Protecting your water is no longer just about ensuring next year’s crop; it is about defending the fundamental constitutional rights that secure the future of American agriculture.
Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the distribution of a comprehensive memorandum on Friday in Fort Worth, at RFD-TV’s Rural Town Hall presented by the Western Caucus Foundation.