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ALEI August Webinar Series on Branding Strategies, Highlighting Local BIPOC Farmers
Group Does Not Have Standing to Challenge USDA Loan Guarantee for Poultry Farm
Iowa Supreme Court Rules for the State in Raccoon River Case
Debt Relief Payments to “Socially Disadvantaged” Farmers On Hold Pending Lawsuit By White Farmers
Federal and State Seed Laws Did Not Create Private Right of Action in Dispute Over Hemp Seed Sale
Handle Pesticides Legally this Season
What does the FDA think is a “reasonably foreseeable hazard” in produce safety?
Supreme Court of Mississippi Finds Use of Scare Guns Falls Under the Right-to-Farm Law
Prevailing Wages and Practices - Maryland Agricultural Employment Surveys
Federal Judge Allows New Lawsuit to Continue Against Smithfield and Murphy-Brown
Upcoming Changes in Maryland's Agricultural Cost Share Program
Navigating Maryland’s Open Burn Laws
More on Scare Guns and the Right-to-Farm Law
Historic Debt Relief and Other Assistance for Black Farmers and Farmers of Color
Maryland Circuit Court Judge Reverses Final Maryland AFO Permit
Legalities of Direct Marketing Specialty Crops
You Should Still be Using Best Efforts to Protect Your Farm Workers From COVID
County Granting Special Exception for Solar Development Did Not Create a Vested Right
2021 Adverse Effect Wage Rate - Suspensions, Injunctions, and Announcements
Final Hemp Rule Published by USDA