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Federal Estate Tax and Gift Tax Limits Announced For 2022


Refresher on Right-to-Farm Laws: What Do They Do

USDA Releases 2021 County Rental Rates for Maryland


Idaho CAFO Permit Sent Back to EPA for Lack of Monitoring


State Court Decision Highlights When Right-to-Farm Laws Might Not Apply


USDA Announces CFAP 2 Funding for Contract Livestock and Poultry Growers


Ninth Circuit Rules in Favor of Beef Checkoff Program


NASS Releases Delaware and Maryland Statewide Cash Rental Rate Averages for 2021


USDA Announces New Program to Provide Pandemic Assistance to Livestock Producers


Group Does Not Have Standing to Challenge USDA Loan Guarantee for Poultry Farm


Federal and State Seed Laws Did Not Create Private Right of Action in Dispute Over Hemp Seed Sale


Supreme Court of Mississippi Finds Use of Scare Guns Falls Under the Right-to-Farm Law


Federal Judge Allows New Lawsuit to Continue Against Smithfield and Murphy-Brown


More on Scare Guns and the Right-to-Farm Law


Maryland Circuit Court Judge Reverses Final Maryland AFO Permit


County Granting Special Exception for Solar Development Did Not Create a Vested Right


Final Hemp Rule Published by USDA


Settlement Approved for Claims Involving Off-Target Soybean Damage for 2015 to 2020


USDA Announces Additional Support Available Through CFAP

