Highly Erodible Land Conservation and Wetland Conservation Compliance Provisions: U.S. Department of Agriculture Interim Rule/Revisions
December 10, 2018
by Jordan P. Wimpy
On Friday December 7, 2018, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) published in the Federal Register an interim rule for the Highly Erodible Land Conservation and Wetland Conservation Compliance regulations of the Food Security Act of 1985. The interim rule clarifies the Department’s…
Dicamba: EPA Extends Registration of Controversial Product
November 1, 2018
by Jordan P. Wimpy
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced late yesterday evening that it extended the registration of the herbicide dicamba for “over-the-top” use for a period of two years – until December 20, 2020 – pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (“FIFRA”). Dicamba is…
Where the Blacktop Ends: Promising Developments at the Intersection of Agricultural Production and Urban Living
March 20, 2018
by Jordan P. Wimpy
With the Trump administration’s rollback of federal regulations proceeding at a steady pace, and with new federal tax policy firmly established, and with the next federal Farm Bill promised by year’s end, Arkansas’s farmers would be forgiven for thinking that nothing new was percolating up from the…
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