Current Issue

• September-October 2003
  Eights Circuit Rules Beef Act Unconstitutional

Past Issues - 2000-2003

• July 2003
  Payment Limitations Commission Gains Some New Perspectives
  Revising the Dietary Guidelines and the Food Guide Pyramid
  Healthy Forest Initiative
  CAFTA is a Greater Market for U.S. Agriculture Than Cuba
  FDA Proposes Final Two Rules for Implementation of Bioterrorism Act: Establishment and Maintenance of Records and Administrative Detention of Food

• April 2003
  Disaster Assistance – When Is It Coming? How Much Will I Get?
  Budget Resolution: No Farm Program Cuts
  Phoenix of the Farm Bill: The Payment Limitations Debate Rises Again

• February 2003 in HTML format and .pdf format
  American Agriculture Loses a Great Leader, the Ultimate Public Servant
  Agricultural Committee Assignments in the 108th Congress: A Shift in Power Brings Many New Faces
  Trade Negotiations: A Crowded Calendar
  Momentum Builds for "Government Speech" Argument: Second Court Rules That Commodity Board Produces Government Speech
  2002 Farm Bill Implementation Continues
  FDA Proposes Rules for Registration and Prior Notice Provisions of the Bioterrorism Act

• October 2002 in .pdf format
  Does the Farm Bill Violate Our Trade Committments?
  Crop Insurance Delivers Timely Financial Assistance

• July-August 2001: HTML version
  Supreme Court Delivers Biggest Blow to Agriculture Since 1936, United Foods - a Modern Day Butler
  The Aftermath of United States v. United Foods, Inc.: More Questions, More Litigation
  Avoiding the United Foods' Sword of Damocles, Legal Implications of the Court's 6-4 Mushroom Decision

• January-February 2001: HTML version  .pdf version
  U.S. Supreme Court Limits the Reach of Wetlands Law
  The Baseline Debate: What's It All About?

• November-December 2000: HTML version  .pdf version
  Congress Passes Sanctions Reform
  Spotlight on Genetically Engineered Foods
  Congress Passes Emergency Aid, Again

• September-October 2000: HTML version  .pdf version
  Bush and Gore on Agriculture: A Look at What the Candidates are Saying
  Entry of Argentine Citrus Stirs Passion

• January-March 2000
  Federal Mushroom Promotion Act Declared Unconstitutional
  The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture

Past Issues - 1999

• November-December 1999
  Seattle: A Bang and a Whimper
  Final Emergency Farm Aid for 1999
• September-October 1999
  Farm Income: The Return of the Safety Net
  What is "Step 2"?
• July-August 1999
  Do Market Loss Assitance Payments Distort Trade?
  Sanctions Reform Passes Senate
  The Time Has Come for Mandatory Livestock Price Reporting?
• May-June 1999
  Emergency Farm Relief: What's Ahead?
  Farm Relief Proposals: A Catalog
• March-April 1999
  Agriculture in Upcoming World Trade Talks
  Agriculture Trade Protection Can Be Costly
• January-February 1999
  U.S. Wins Panel Decision on Canadian Dairy Practices
  Crop Insurance: Some Basics

Past Issues - 1998

• November-December 1998
  1999 -- The Year of the Safety Net?
  The Agricultural Law Letter Goes Online
  Randy Green Joins Firm; Burton Eller Accepts New Position
• September-October 1998
  More Than Just an Appropriations Bill - The Fiscal Year 1999 Agricultural Appropriations Legislation
  Does the Defeat of Fast Track Signal The Meltdown of the Bipartisan Consensus for International Trade Liberalization?
• July-August 1998
  Reform of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy
  Responses to Declining Farm Income -- Some Potential Options
• May-June 1998
  The Upcoming WTO Negotiations on Agriculture
  Freedom to Farm: Success or Failure?
  Fiscal Year 1999 Agricultural Appropriations Bills Move Forward
• March-April 1998
  The Settlement Deal for Tobacco Farmers
  Agriculture Loses a Little Giant
  The Senate Votes to Use Agricultural Funds for Highway
• January-February 1998
  The WTO Decision on the EU Hormone Ban: Is Anything Left of the SPS Agreement?
  Clean Water Action Plan Unveiled
  What the 1999 Budget Means for Agriculture
  USDA Proposes Major Reforms of Federal Milk Marketing System

Past Issues - 1997

• November-December 1997
  Congress Will Consider Tobacco Program Reforms Early in 1998
  National Environmental Standards for Handling Animal Waste
  Minnesota Court Drops Bomb on Nation's Milk Markets
  Senior Budget Official Joins McLeod, Watkinson & Miller
• September-October 1997
  Interview with Chairman Bob Smith
  Food Safety Enforcement Enhancement Act Draws Fire
  The U.S. Dairy Industry Challenges Canada's New Dairy Policies Under the WTO Agreement on Agriculture
• July-August 1999
  Reauthorization of Agricultural Research, Extension And Education Programs
  Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997
  Relief From Surges of Agricultural Imports
• May-June 1997
  Supreme Court Declares Promotion Programs Constitutional
  How NAFTA Panel Misunderstood GATT Tariff Regime
  Latest Tax Legislation Good for Family Members
  An Opportunity for Tobacco Program Reform
• March-April 1997
  Has The World Shifted Back to Farm Surplus?
  Will Congress Fund The Safety Net?
  USDA Issues Dairy Order Reforms
  International Trade Attorney Joins the Firm
• January-February 1997
  The Administration's FY'98 Ag Budget
  Regulatory Review
  USDA Agricultural Outlook Update

Past Issues - 1996

• November-December 1996
  Interview With Secretary Dan Glickman
  Commodity Promotion Programs Face 1st Amendment
• September-October 1996
  Implementation of new CRP Rules
  The Battle Over Tomatoes
  Animal Drug Availability Act
  Burton Eller Joins McLeod, Watkinson &Miller
• July-August 1996
  Historic Food Safety Legislation Approved
  Ag Program Funding Bill Becomes Law
  Congress Creates Broad Authority For New Commodity Promotion Programs
  Safe Drinking Water Act Becomes Law
• May-June 1996
  Ag Program Funding Belt Tightens Again
  Environmental and Food Safety Legislation Still Pending
  More on the FAIR Act of 1996
  New Payment Limitations
• Jan-April 1996
  The FAIR Act of 1996
  Conservation Title of The Farm Bill
  Congress Addresses Confusion Over Commodity Promotion Programs
  Generic Promotion Programs Win A Key Victory
  Trade Title of The Farm Bill

Past Issues - 1985-1995- an index