Farmers & Rural Communities
New York Times: Judge Blocks $4 Billion U.S. Debt Relief Program for Minority Farmers
A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the Biden administration from making loan forgiveness payments to minority farmers as part of a $4 billion program intended to address a long…
Law360: Biden Admin.’s Race-Based Farm Debt Relief Program Halted
Law360 (June 24, 2021, 7:43 PM EDT) — A Florida federal judge said a Biden administration program providing farm loan debt relief to certain racial minority groups seems to improperly…
The Fence Post: The Beef Checkoff: Racing to consumers amid increasing pressures
Driving demand for beef, according to Cattlemen’s Beef Board CEO Greg Hanes, is the goal of the Beef Checkoff, but research and connection to consumers, he said, is the name…
Why I’m Not Always Over The Moon For Meatless Meat
Few industries rival the devastation of industrial animal agriculture. It is a major driver of climate change, the leading cause of surface water pollution, and the basis of antibiotic resistance…
The FERN: DOJ: Tyson was not directed by federal government to continue pandemic production
The federal government never instructed Tyson Foods to keep its plants open during the early months of the pandemic, according to the Department of Justice in a recent filing in…
Sidney Herald: Court grants R-CALF motion in beef checkoff case for attorney fees, costs
Yesterday, a U.S. district court in Montana granted R-CALF USA’s motion for $145,428.08 in legal fees and $5,344.17 in costs the group incurred in procuring a preliminary injunction in its…
High Plains Journal: Ranch group files brief to prevent USDA from governing beef labeling, advertising
R-CALF USA recently submitted a motion to file a friend-of-the-court brief and a brief to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in an effort to prevent the Federal Meat Inspection…
McKiver v. Murphy-Brown
In an historic victory, hundreds of mostly Black and brown community members in Eastern North Carolina won a series of mass action lawsuits against Smithfield for the public nuisance caused…
Law360: 3 Takeaways From Smithfield’s Hog Farm Stench Settlement
When Smithfield Foods Inc. settled nuisance suits brought by hundreds of neighbors over the stench from hog waste lagoons, it placed a major legal threat in the rearview mirror hours…