By former USDA Secretary John R. Block
President Trump and Conservative Members of Congress have been trying to cut back on wasteful spending. The President wants a more efficient government by reforming civil service rules – a “merit system”…
Tags: Colin Kaepernick, Congress, Deficit, Farmers, Food, , Meat, National Anthem, NFL, Pork, President Trump, West Point Military Academy
By former USDA Secretary John R. Block
I was on the farm in Illinois last week. I went into the coffee shop, talked to neighbors, and all the questions were about a trade war and the farm bill legislation.
Almost everyone in the county is a Trump su…
Tags: Agriculture, China, Corn, Farm Bill, John R. Block, Mexico, Pork, President Trump, Soviet Union, Soybeans, Trade War
On behalf of the Agriculture practice group at OFW Law, following is a copy of our Winter 2016 newsletter. We hope you find it useful. To receive this periodic newsletter by e-mail, please contact Carrie Morgan.
Tags: Agriculture, Barbara J. Masters, Beef, Brett T. Schwemer, COOL, Country of Origin, Dennis R. Johnson, Food, Food Safety, FSIS, FSMA, HACCP, Hazard Analysis, Jolyda O. Swaim, Labeling, Law Firm, Lawyer, OFW Law, Pork, Preventive Controls, Regulatory Round-Up
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…
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
America’s meat industry and our trading partners engaged in a collective sigh of relief on Friday. Prior to embarking on his annual Christmas retreat to Hawaii, President Obama signed the 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act into law. Tucked into t…
Tags: Agriculture, Beef, Canada, Congress, COOL, Country of Origin Labeling, John G. Dillard, Meat, Mexico, Omnibus, Pork, President Obama, Tariff, Trade, WTO
