December 28, 2016
AGWEEK Jenny Schlecht December 27, 2016 HELENA, Mont. — Major players in the formation of Montana agricultural policy anticipate an active 2017 Legislative Session, slated to begin Jan. 2. in Helena. Lola Raska, executive vice president of the Montana Grain Growers Association, says ag research centers, university research and the …
November 3, 2016
NewsOK Teresa Meinders Burkett November 2, 2016 As I talk with people about State Question 777, the so-called “Right to Farm,” the question that no one can answer for me with any clarity is why anyone thought we needed it in Oklahoma. We’re an ag-friendly state. Oklahoma has robust “right …
October 31, 2016
Florida Association of Counties Stephen James October 28, 2016 As significant as numeric nutrient criteria will be to the waterbodies in your communities, so too will be the authority to regulate one of the key contributing sources of nutrient enrichment – fertilizer. You may recall that legislation filed in the …
September 19, 2016
Tulsa World September 19, 2016 by Randy Krehbiel About 40 people spent a fine September afternoon in a downtown Tulsa hotel meeting room on Sunday, learning how to fight an innocuous-sounding state constitutional amendment its supporters call Right to Farm. “We already have the right to farm,” said former state Attorney …
August 15, 2016
The Network for Public Health Law August 12, 2016 by Alicia Corbett On July 14, 2016, Congress passed S.764, a bill requiring that foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) display a federally-mandated disclosure. Presumably targeting Vermont’s state-level GMO labeling law that took effect on July 1, 2016, S.764 includes a …