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A federal judge in Florida this week blocked the Department of Agriculture’s debt relief program for minority farmers. A white farmer in Florida challenged the program, facing farm loans and financial hardship during the pandemic. The farmer claims the debt relief program discriminated against him by race. Acco ...

With lawsuits filed and more pending against dairies across Washington for retroactive overtime from the past three years, more and more concern is starting to mount regarding the long-term impact these suits could have on the state’s farm industry. Kal ...

Tyson Foods this week agreed to $221.5 million to settle claims related to price-fixing lawsuits. The settlements are with three consumer and commercial purchasing groups who bought chickens directly from Tyson and require a federal judge's approval ...

Wildlife advocates and environmental groups have announced that they are challenging the removal of federal protections for gray wolves across most of the U.S. Two coalitions filed formal notices over the past several days that they plan to sue the U ...

In a 5-4 ruling Thursday, the Washington Supreme Court said farmworkers should receive overtime pay. The decision eliminates an exemption from the state’s minimum wage law the farm community has used for decades. According to the Capital Press, one of the majority opinion judges said he would look favorably on applying the decision retroactively, allowing farmworkers to sue for back pay. Col ...

Last week, United Farm Workers filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for suspending a farm labor survey. Last month, the USDA announced the intention to suspend the Agricultural Labor Survey. The Department of Ag claims the public can access other data sources for the data collected in the survey ...

A U.S. District Court in Minnesota has dismissed an anti-trust lawsuit against meatpackers like Tyson Foods, JBS, the National Beef Packing Company, and Cargill. R-CALF led several plaintiffs in filing the lawsuit. Chief Judge John Tunheim left open the opportunity for plaintiffs to amend their complaint ...

Last month Washington State University filed a lawsuit in federal court against a Yakima grower for allegedly infringing on its patent of an apple.  The apple at the center of this controversy is WA-2.  WSU claimed in the January 22nd filing that Pro Orchard Management along with Apple King grew and sold the variety, commonly known as Sunrise Magic without a license.  The sui...

The EPA announced Thursday it has wrapped up its regulatory review of glyphosate and found that the most widely use weed killed in the U.S. is not carcinogenic.  The announcement comes despite U.S. juries determining the weed killer is responsible for cancer in some trials.  ...

A judge announced last week he will not throw out Washington’s lawsuit against Monsanto over pervasive pollution from PCBs.  In a ruling Thursday, the King County Superior Court Judge declined a request by Monsanto to dismiss the case, saying the Ag company had waived its right to bring the motion to dismiss by not filing it sooner.   I...