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On Feb. 27, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) issued guidance as to lab registration and disposal enforcement discretion for its interim final rule for domestic hemp production. The guidance…

On February 26, 2020 the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service (Service) published a proposed rule to revise the regulations implementing the Small Tracts Act. The 2018 Farm Bill created a new category of lands eligible for…

On Jan. 29, 2020, the Office of Advocacy submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) on its interim final rule to establish a domestic hemp production program in the U.S. Advocacy…

On Jan. 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) published a proposed rule to protect fair trade, financial integrity and competitive marketing for livestock, meat and poultry under the Packers…

On Dec.18, 2019, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service issued an extension of the comment period for its previously published interim final rule to establish a domestic hemp production program in the…

On October 31, 2019, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service published an interim final rule with a request for comments to establish a domestic hemp production program in the United States. The rule is…

On October 17, 2019 the United States Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service published a proposed rule to exempt the Tongass National Forest from the 2001 Roadless Rule. The rule prohibits tree harvest and road…

On April 28, 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), published a proposed rule to amend the origin of livestock requirements for dairy animals under USDA organic regulations. The proposed rule added…

On August 30, 2019, the Rural Business-Cooperative Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) announced a notice of solicitation of applications for financial assistance under the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) for…

On June 13, 2019 the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service (Service) published a proposed rule to revise National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations. According to the Service, the revisions would speed up the pace for…