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Should Your Establishment Appeal a FSIS Decision?

May 17th, 2017

By Brett Schwemer, as published in The National Provisioner To appeal or not to appeal; that is the question Establishments regulated by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) frequently face the dilemma on whether to appeal agency decisions t… Read More

Categories: For Export, USDA

Tags: Agriculture, Appeal, Brett T. Schwemer, Enforcement Action, Establishment, Food, Food Safety, Food Safety Inspection Service, FSIS, Inspection, Meat, NOIE, Noncompliance, Noncompliance Record, Poultry, Waiver

The Peat Goes On: Supreme Court Holds Wetlands Jurisdictional Determinations Are Appealable

June 1st, 2016

Contributor: Stewart D. Fried

Peat miners, golfers, and landowners with real property containing or adjacent to Waters of the United States will benefit greatly from the Supreme Court’s May 31st decision in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co., Inc. Hawkes resolved whethe… Read More

Categories: EPA

Tags: Administrative Procedure Act, Appeal, Approved Jurisdictional Determination, Army Corps of Engineers, Clean Water Act, Environment, Hawkes, Landowner, Law Firm, Lawyer, Litigation, Stewart D. Fried, Supreme Court, Water, Waters of the US, Wetland

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More Spending – More Aid

August 6th, 2020

By former USDA Secretary John R. Block. It was so easy and so fast in the Spring — when Republicans and Democrats came together and authorized big spending to support our people and the economy. We didn’t have the money. They spent $3 trillio… Read More

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Weather & Trade

July 29th, 2020

By former USDA Secretary John R. Block. All reports from the heartland tell us that this year’s crops look good. Corn and soybeans on my farm are as good as I can remember. However, they are not ready to harvest. A hot dry August could do some seri… Read More