By former USDA Secretary John R. Block
You may have heard about the John Duarte wetlands case. John Duarte, a California farmer, bought 450 acres in 2012. He plowed and planted it to wheat. The Army Corps of Engineers, the California Water Qua…
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Tags: Army Corps of Engineers, California, Clean Water Act, Conservation Reserve Program, Duarte, Farm, Farmer, Gary H. Baise, John R. Block, Permit, Plow, Wetlands, WOTUS
By former USDA Secretary John R. Block
I talked this week with John Duarte, a California farmer. He is in trouble. He bought 450 acres in 2012. He plowed it and planted it for wheat. He now faces $2.8 million in civil penalties because he did not ge…
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By former USDA Secretary John R. Block
The news of the day is that Donald Trump is President. His critics are in shock. I say – “get over it.”
He has tapped Governor Sonny Perdue for Secretary of Agriculture. Perdue grew up on a Georgia farm an…
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Tags: Agriculture, Farm Bill, Food, Gary H. Baise, John R. Block, Nutrition, Regulation, Sam Clovis, Sonny Perdue, Trade, Trump Administration, Vilsack, Zippy Duvall
Beginning in late 2009 and early 2010, attorneys Richard Hailey of Indianapolis, Charles Speer and Britt Bieri of Kansas City, and Richard Middleton brought five lawsuits based on negligence and nuisance in Randolph County, Indiana, on behalf of neig…
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Tags: Agriculture, Anson M. Keller, Britt Bieri, Charles Speer, Farm, Gary H. Baise, Hog, Indiana, Law Firm, Lawyer, Litigation, Manure, Maxwell Farms, Negligence, Nuisance, Pork, Richard Hailey, Richard Middleton, Right to Farm
Phil: Rick, it’s hard to believe that 35 years have passed since we started this firm as a two-lawyer shop in 1979.
Rick: It sure is. I remember working with you at the law firm I joined fresh out of the University of Michigan Law School, and which…
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Tags: Agriculture, Arthur Y. Tsien, Barbara J. Masters, Brett T. Schwemer, Charles W. Stenholm, David L. Durkin, David Weeda, Dennis R. Johnson, Drug, Egg, Evan P. Phelps, FDA, Food, FSIS, Gary H. Baise, George McGovern, Government Relations, J. Mason Weeda, John R. Block, Jolyda O. Swaim, Jonathan M. Weinrieb, Labeling, Litigation, Marshall L. Matz, Medical Device, Michael J. O'Flaherty, National Turkey Federation, Neil F. O'Flaherty, OFW Law, Philip C. Olsson, Regulatory Compliance, Richard L. Frank, Robert A. Hahn, Stephen D. Terman, Tish Eggleston Pahl, Turkey Ham, USDA
“The ecological and economic importance of the Chesapeake Bay is well documented….And yet, nutrient pollution and sedimentation remain a critical concern.” So says Judge Sylvia H. Rambo, U.S. District Court judge in Pennsylvania.
Judge…
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“Livestock matters to climate change. The sector contributes 7.1 gigatonnes (giga=billion) CO2-eq (equivalent) to global anthropogenic GHG emissions – a contribution that can be readily reduced by up to one-third – placing the sector as an…
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In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a patent holder’s rights in biotech seeds extend to subsequent generations of crops grown by farmers. Widely viewed as a victory for biotech seed producers and American farmers, the Court…
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Tags: Agriculture, Amicus, Biotechnology, Bowman v. Monsanto, Food Security, Gary H. Baise, John G. Dillard, Litigation, Patent Infringement, Soybean Association, Stewart D. Fried
OFW Law attorneys Gary H. Baise, Stewart D. Fried and John G. Dillard have filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the American Soybean Association, 15 state soybean associations, the National Corn Growers Associati…
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