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Maryland Circuit Court Judge Reverses Final Maryland AFO Permit

Legalities of Direct Marketing Specialty Crops

County Granting Special Exception for Solar Development Did Not Create a Vested Right

You Should Still be Using Best Efforts to Protect Your Farm Workers From COVID

Final Hemp Rule Published by USDA but Could Potentially Change

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Maryland Court of Appeals Finds Farm Manager is not a Joint Employee of Poultry Integrator

Appeals Court Remands Enlist Duo Registration to EPA But Does Not Vacate

Maryland Appellate Court Finds Party on Landowner’s Property Not Covered by Recreational Use Statute

Maryland Court Rules Poultry Farm Manager Is Co-Employee of Integrator in Workers’ Compensation Case

PA Supreme Court Decides State Nutrient Management Act Preempts Stricter Local Regulation

Baltimore City Food Truck Ordinance is Constitutional

State’s Public Utility Law Preempted Local Zoning and Planning Requirements for Siting Solar Energy

Maryland Court Upholds the 2014 CAFO Permit for Complying With EPA’s Requirements

State Law Protections Granted to Religious Groups Don't Provide Challenging Special Use Exception

Ninth Circuit Upholds a Portion of an Ag Gag Law

Father’s Estate Plan Leaves Many Unanswered Questions Relating to Gifts to On-Farm Heir

Recording of Identical Livestock Brands in Different Locations on An Animal Violated State Law Precl

Court Agrees That Pollution Clause in Insurance Policy Excludes Damage from Manure

Wyoming’s Resource Data Collection Statute Violates the First Amendment of the Constitution

Montgomery County Circuit Court Rules That County Pesticide Ordinance Preempted By State Law

Utah’s Ag-Gag Law Violates First Amendment, But Producers Still Have Options

Court of Appeals Rules That FAA Overstepped Authority When Requiring Hobby Operators to Register UAV

Dairy Able to Build Barns, But What About Using Property For A Dairy?

Court of Appeals Rules Against Animal Ag Reporting Exemption in Two Environmental Laws