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Expect some ripples in the meat market as a major settlement aims to bring transparency to pricing. Here’s what you need to know.

This week, a new initiative aims to shield farmers from the weight of unnecessary regulations, all while reminding the American people of the role agriculture plays

Chemical giant Bayer, which is facing hundreds of thousands of lawsuits, said it will make a decision on whether to continue producing the herbicide Roundup within months.  Bayer has continued to produce the glyphosate spray in spite of pouring billions of dollars into litigation.  ...

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 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 ...

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...