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New SD Law Gives More Protection to Ag Operations
New SD Law Gives More Protection to Ag Operations
A new law in South Dakota makes it harder to file nuisance complaints or lawsuits against an agricultural operation.  South Dakota Searchlight said it will also limit the amount of monetary awards.  After legislators approved the bill earlier this winter, Governor Kristi Noem signed it at a Mitchell, South Dakota, implement dealership last week.  She said agricult...
Washington’s AG Files Suit Against Chicken Producers
Washington’s AG Files Suit Against Chicken Producers
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit Tuesday against 19 chicken producers, accusing them of conspiracy to inflate prices to maximize profits. The suit, filed in King County, also accuses those companies of rigging bids and coordinating supply reductions ...
Legal Advocacy Group Gearing Up to Take Down “Big Ag”
Legal Advocacy Group Gearing Up to Take Down “Big Ag”
A legal advocacy group that calls itself the Public Justice Food Project says it’s expanding efforts toward “dismantling systems that prop up industrial agriculture." MeatingPlace.com says the group will do that by bringing litigation “built to win and focused on high-impact structural reform.”   This ef...