August 31, 2021
Agricultural Law Weekly Review – Week Ending August 27, 2021
Ag-Gag Statutes: Tenth Circuit Affirms Unconstitutionality of Kansas’s Ag-Gag Law 🌾
On August 19, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued an opinion affirming the district court’s injunction barring enforcement of key provisions of the Kansas Farm Animal and Field Crop and Research Facilities Protection Act (Act). Animal Legal Defense Fund, et al v. Kelly, et al, No. 20-3082; Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Kelly, No. 2:18-cv-02657 (D. Kan.). Sections (b), (c), and (d) of the Act criminalize “exercising control over,” recording on, and trespassing onto an animal facility “without effective consent of the owner and with the intent to damage the enterprise” (K.S.A. § 47-1827). Kansas challenged the lower court’s finding of unconstitutionality, arguing: (a) that the statute only prohibits conduct; (b) that it targets only false speech, which it argues is unprotected, and (c) the statute is “content and viewpoint-neutral.” The court rejected Kansas’s arguments, finding the statute’s “intent” provision too broad because it “does not delineate protected from unprotected speech.” Additionally, the court found that the damage the statute seeks to prevent, “negative publicity, lost business, or boycotts,” was too attenuated from any deception used to enter the facility and could derive from “true speech on a matter of public concern.” See ALWR—April 9, 2020, “Kansas Ag Protection Law Provisions Permanently Enjoined” and ALWR—January 30, 2020, “Federal Court Strikes Down Kansas Agricultural Protection Law.”
COVID-19: USDA Announces $400 Million Dairy Donation Program Details
On August 25, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced the upcoming Federal Register publication of a draft interim rule providing details of the $400 million Dairy Donation Program (DDP). Under the program, dairy cooperatives and processors who partner with the charitable food system for milk and dairy product donations or discounting may apply for processing, transportation, and other cost reimbursements. Due to the availability of reimbursement, tax deductibility of any amounts are uncertain. The rule will become effective one day after publication and will expire within two years unless extended.
COVID-19: USDA Amends Contract and Specialty Crop Producer CFAP 2 Loss Calculation
On August 24, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced changes to the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2) program, which is funded with $1 billion from the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. Under CFAP 2, contract poultry, egg and livestock producers, and producers of “sales-based commodities” (mostly specialty crops) may modify existing or file new applications by October 12, 2021, using either 2018 or 2019 in measuring 2020 lost revenue. The changes were formally published as a Final Rule at 86 FR 48013 on August 27, 2021, the rule’s effective date.
COVID-19: USDA Announces $300 Million Funding and Strategic Framework for SARS-CoV-2, Zoonotic Disease Surveillance
On August 24, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it will dedicate $300 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to support animal-based SARS-CoV-2 and other emerging zoonotic disease surveillance and for implementation of a zoonotic disease early warning system. Additionally, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) published its Strategic Framework for conducting surveillance in susceptible animals. Under the framework, APHIS will survey a wide variety of animal species, including farmed animals, wildlife, peridomestic species, and companion animals and focus on disease detection through partnerships with government and industry entities. USDA will host a webinar series (August 31, September 1, September 8, and September 15, 2021) for interested stakeholders before submitting public comments on the framework by the October 8, 2021 deadline.
Packers and Stockyards Act: USDA Publishes FAQ on “Undue and Unreasonable Preference or Advantage”
On August 24, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) published guidance on its website titled, “Frequently Asked Questions [FAQ] on the Enforcement of Undue and Unreasonable Preferences under the Packers and Stockyards Act (P&S Act).” AMS states that, although the agency intends to promulgate three P&S Act rulemakings, the December 2020 rule on “Undue and Unreasonable Preferences and Advantages” (85 FR 79779; 9 CFR §201.211) remains effective until the agency completes the new rules. Under the existing rule, when determining whether packer and/or dealer conduct establishes an “undue or unreasonable preference or advantage,” USDA will consider whether the preference or advantage is unjustifiable: (1) based on cost savings from “dealing with different producers;” (2) based on meeting competitor prices; (3) based on meeting a competitor’s “other terms;” and (4) “as a reasonable business decision.” The FAQ provides several examples of situations that might establish an undue or unreasonable preference or advantage, depending on the exact facts.
Biotechnology: USDA-APHIS Announces Draft Regulatory Status Review Guidance for Genetically Engineered Plants
On August 25, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced the publication of draft guidance for requesting a Regulatory Status Review (RSR) of genetically engineered plants. According to the guidance, APHIS will follow a two-step process upon receiving a RSR request: 1) conduct an initial review within 180 days to determine whether the plant poses an increased plant pest risk, and 2) upon finding that a plant poses an increased plant pest risk, inform the requestor of the increased risk, who may then choose to request that APHIS assess the risk, pause the RSR process, or withdraw the RSR request. The guidance has a 60-day public comment period that closes October 25, 2021. APHIS will host a webinar on the RSR guidance and process on September 21, 2021, at 3:00 p.m.
Dairy Policy: Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board Enters Consent Order Against Upstate Niagara Cooperative for TEFAP Fluid Milk Sales Below Pennsylvania Minimum Wholesale Price
On August 11, 2021, the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board (PMMB) voted to accept a proposed consent order with Upstate Niagara Cooperative (Upstate) acknowledging Upstate’s below Pennsylvania minimum price sales from its northern Pennsylvania plant, formerly Schneider Valley Farms, in violation of Pennsylvania’s Milk Marketing Law and consenting to Upstate’s citation settlement payment of $36,240. In May 2021, Upstate was awarded USDA contracts to supply fluid milk for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) based on bids below PMMB minimum prices. According to PMMB’s Sunshine Meeting minutes, PMMB will continue monitoring bid solicitations for compliance. On August 23, 2021, PMMB Secretary Carol Hardbarger published an account of the incident and other related facts and comments in Lancaster Farming.
Dairy Policy: Danone Terminates Horizon Organic Producers
On August 25, 2021, Maine’s Governor Janet Mills and its Department of Agriculture, Conservation, & Forestry (DACF) announced that it is researching ways to assist fourteen Maine organic dairy producers that received termination letters from Danone, owner of Horizon Organic, effective August 2022. According to the announcement, Danone has also terminated an unspecified number of producers in New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. Unconfirmed additional information, including alleged statements of Danone with regard to its actions taken regarding 89 existing dairy producers in multiple New England states, can be read here on the website of an organization called Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance. Caution is advised regarding this information unless confirmed by a primary source such as Danone or a government agency.
CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL AND SHALE LAW PROGRAMS & RESOURCES
Penn State Agricultural Law Podcasts:
Weekly Episode #191. EPA Prohibits Chlorpyrifos on Food & Federal Court Rules Vegan “Butter” Not Misleading (Aug. 25, 2021).
Weekly Episode #190. California State Court Affirms Bayer’s Glyphosate Liability & Eight Circuit Partly Upholds Iowa’s 2012 Ag-Gag Law (Aug. 16, 2021).
Special Episode #9. Geographical Indications in International Dairy Trade—Part 2: Economics & Trade (Aug. 12, 2021).
Special Episode #8. Geographical Indications in International Dairy Trade – Part 1 (Aug. 5, 2021).
Events:
Overview of Federal and State Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement (PACE) Programs with the NALC, Sept. 15, 2021, 12:00 p.m.
Penn State News, Research, & Resources:
Researchers Help Track the Growth of Ginseng Forest Farming in Pennsylvania (Aug. 19, 2021).
No-Till Production Farmers Can Cut Herbicide Use, Control Weeds, Protect Profits (Aug. 23, 2021).
New Sensor Can Detect Valuable Rare Earth Element in Non-Traditional Sources (Aug. 25, 2021).
Agricultural Law/Policy Resources of Interest:
USDA, APHIS, African Swine Fever Action Week—Five daily webinars between Sept. 13–17, 2021.
National Agricultural Law Center, Considering Carbon: Agribusiness and All Things Crypto; An Introduction to the Basics, Webinar recording (Aug. 8, 2021).
Union of Concerned Scientists, Tyson Spells Trouble for Arkansas (Aug. 11, 2021).
Facing South, Economist Rebecca Boehm on Tyson’s Stranglehold Over Arkansas’s Poultry Industry (Aug. 20, 2021).
Tiffany Lashmet, TX Livestock & Horse Brands Expiring, Need To Renew by February (Aug. 23, 2021).
Kitt Tovar Jensen, Remember to Terminate Unwanted Farm Leases before September 1 (Aug. 24, 2021).
Kitt Tovar Jensen, Ninth Circuit Says that Homeowner’s Property Has “Significant Nexus” to Waters of the U.S. (Aug. 24, 2021).
Brigit Rollins, EPA Announces Decision to Revoke Chlorpyrifos Tolerances (Aug. 24, 2021).
Elizabeth Rumley, “Ag-Gag” Laws: An Update of Recent Legal Developments (Aug 26, 2021).
Jeffrey K. Lewis, A Close Look at the Growing Climate Solutions Act. (Aug 26, 2021).
Roger A. McEowen, Planning to Avoid Elder Abuse (Aug. 22, 2021).
Roger A. McEowen, Livestock Confinement Buildings and S.E. Tax (Aug. 28, 2021).
National Milk Producers Federation, Regulatory Register Vol. 23, Issue 3 (Summer 2021)
Weekly Featured Graphic:
DTN/Progressive Farmer, Hog Market Needed Clearer, Faster Prop 12 Signals (Aug. 25, 2021).
AGENCY PRESS RELEASES—STATE/FEDERAL
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PRESS RELEASES:
Secretary Of Agriculture Joins Volunteer Harvest For Charitable Food System, Highlights Increased Support For PA Farmers Contributions (Aug. 25, 2021).
Wolf Administration Highlights Pennsylvania’s Farm To School Success, Announce Next Steps To Ensure Ag Workforce Security (Aug. 27, 2021).
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) PRESS RELEASES:
USDA On Track to Provide Record-Breaking Support for Rural Working Capital Needs in Fiscal Year 2021 (Aug. 24, 2021).
USDA Announces Proposed Framework for Advancing Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 and Other Emerging Zoonotic Diseases through the American Rescue Plan (Aug. 24, 2021).
USDA Statement on the Affordable Housing Crisis (Aug. 25, 2021).
USDA Assists Farmers, Ranchers, and Communities Affected by Recent Flooding in Tennessee (Aug 27, 2021).
Statement from Secretary Vilsack on USDA Quarterly Trade Forecast (Aug. 27, 2021).
USDA Encourages Ag Producers, Residents to Prepare for Hurricane Ida (Aug. 27, 2021).
USDA AGENCY PRESS RELEASES:
Agricultural Marketing Service
USDA Reaches a Consent Decision Against Tom Agler Livestock and Related Businesses for Alleged Violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act (Aug. 23, 2021).
USDA Settles a Packers and Stockyards Case against 36 Hwy Sale Barn LLC, dba Osborn Livestock Auction (Aug. 23, 2021).
USDA Issues a Complaint against Joe John Garcia,dba Isleta Feed & Livestock (Aug. 23, 2021)
USDA Celebrates Landmark Agricultural Legislation’s Century of Service by Committing to Maximum Enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act (Aug 24, 2021).
USDA Issues a Default Decision Against Chakota Rowdy Ray Snow, dba R & R Cattle Co. and dba Rowdy Snow Cattle (Aug. 24, 2021).
USDA Lifts PACA Reparation Sanctions on Arizona Produce Business (Aug. 24, 2021).
USDA Lifts PACA Reparation Sanctions on Florida Produce Business (Aug. 24, 2021).
USDA Lifts PACA Reparation Sanctions on Arizona Produce Business (Aug. 24, 2021).
USDA Settles a Packers and Stockyards Case against Fred Green (Aug. 24, 2021).
USDA Establishes Dairy Donation Program, Part of Continuing USDA Pandemic Assistance (Aug. 25, 2021).
Agricultural Research Service
A New Technology for Environmentally Safe Pest Control Discovered Inside Insect Cells (Aug. 27, 2021).
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
USDA Announces Proposed Framework for Advancing Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 and Other Emerging Zoonotic Diseases through the American Rescue Plan (Aug. 24, 2021).
Confirmation of COVID-19 in Deer in Ohio (Aug. 27, 2021).
APHIS updates the Golden Nematode (Globodera rostochiensis) Regulated Area in Suffolk and Nassau Counties in New York (Aug. 24, 2021).
APHIS Amends Import Requirements for Citrus from Australia (Aug. 24, 2021).
APHIS removes a portion of Harris County in Texas from the Domestic Citrus Canker (Xanthomonas spp.) Quarantine Area (Aug. 24, 2021).
APHIS Announces Draft Regulatory Status Review Guide Available for Public Comment and Webinar (Aug. 25, 2021).
APHIS Posts New Pale Cyst Nematode (PCN) Eradication Program Report (Aug. 26, 2021).
Economic Research Service
The Food and Nutrition Assistance Landscape: Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Report (Aug. 2021).
Farm Service Agency
USDA Accepts 2.8 Million Acres for the Conservation Reserve Program (Aug. 23, 2021).
USDA Updates Pandemic Assistance for Livestock, Poultry Contract Producers and Specialty Crop Growers (Aug 24, 2021).
Food and Nutrition Service
USDA Assists Farmers, Ranchers, and Communities Affected by Recent Flooding in Tennessee (Aug. 27, 2021).
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Constituent Update—FSIS Updates Retail Guidance Webpage (Aug. 27, 2021).
Foreign Agricultural Service
UN Food Systems Summit Listening Session (Aug. 24, 2021).
USDA Forecasts Record Farm Exports for FY 2021 & 2022 (Aug. 27, 2021).
Private Exporters Report Sales Activity for Mexico (Aug. 23, 2021).
Private Exporters Report Sales Activity for China and Mexico (Aug. 24, 2021).
Private Exporters Report Sales Activity for China, Colombia, and Unknown Destinations (Aug. 26, 2021).
Private Exporters Report Sales Activity for China and Colombia (Aug. 27, 2021)
Risk Management Agency
Reports: Interest in Crop Insurance for Specialty and Organic Crops Grows as Options Expand (Aug. 26, 2021).
STATE ACTIONS—EXECUTIVE/LEGISLATIVE
PENNSYLVANIA EXECUTIVE AGENCIES (Pa. Bulletin Vol. 51, No. 35—Aug. 28, 2021):
Department of Environmental Protection
51 Pa.B. 5361 Rules and Regulations: “Water Quality Management and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Application and Annual Fees.”
51 Pa.B. 5448 Notice: “Applications For NPDES Permits And WQM Permits Under The Clean Streams Law And Federal Clean Water Act.”
51 Pa.B. 5496 Notice: “Sewage Advisory Committee Meeting [September 14, 2021].”
51 Pa.B. 5496 Notice: “Solid Waste Advisory Committee Meeting Cancellation [September 16, 2021].”
51 Pa.B. 5497 Notice: “Storage Tank Advisory Committee Meeting Cancellation [September 8, 2021].”
Susquehanna River Basin Commission
51 Pa.B. 5519 Notice: “Grandfathering Registration Notice.”
51 Pa.B. 5519 Notice: “Projects Approved for Consumptive Uses of Water.”
51 Pa.B. 5521 Notice: “Telephonic Commission Meeting [September 17, 2021].”
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE:
HB 20 “An Act providing for registration of extraordinary nonmunicipal water users; imposing a water resource fee; establishing the Water Use Fund; and providing for submission of a question to the electorate authorizing incurring of indebtedness for water-related environmental initiatives.” Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY [House] (Aug. 24, 2021).
FEDERAL ACTIONS—EXECUTIVE/LEGISLATIVE
FEDERAL EXECUTIVE AGENCIES (Federal Register Aug. 23–27, 2021):
Agriculture Department
86 FR 47281 Notice: “Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request [Food and Nutrition Service: Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT)]” (Aug. 24, 2021).
86 FR 47284 Notice: “Fiscal Year 2021 Raw Cane Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota Increase and Extension of the Entry Period” (Aug. 24, 2021).
86 FR 48013 Final Rule, comments accepted: “Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2; Producers of Sale-Based Commodities and Contract Producers” (Aug. 27, 2021).
86 FR 48114 Notice: “Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request [Foreign Agricultural Service: Specialty Sugar Certificate Application]” (Aug. 27, 2021).
Agricultural Marketing Service
86 FR 47248 Proposed Rule—Comment Period: “Avocados Grown in South Florida; Increased Assessment Rate” (Aug. 24, 2021).
86 FR 47242 Proposed Rule—Comment Period: “National Organic Program; National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances (2022 Sunset)” (Aug. 24, 2021).
86 FR 47469 Notice: “United States Standards for Sorghum” (Aug. 25, 2021).
86 FR 47541 Final Rule—Comment Period: “Cotton Board Rules and Regulations: Adjusting Supplemental Assessment on Imports (2020 Amendments)” (Aug 26, 2021).
86 FR 47599 Proposed Rule—Comment Period: “Domestic Dates Produced or Packed in Riverside County, California; Increased Assessment Rate” (Aug 26, 2021).
86 FR 47614 Notice: “United States Standards for Beans” (Aug 26, 2021).
86 FR 48046 Proposed Rule—Comment Period: “Peanut Promotion, Research, and Information Order; Increase the Threshold of the Primary Peanut-Producing States and Adjustment of Membership” (Aug. 27, 2021).
Environmental Protection Agency
86 FR 47275 Proposed Rule—Comment Period: “Receipt of Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities (August 2021)” (Aug. 24, 2021).
86 FR 47492 Notice—Comment Period: “Notice of Proposed Reissuance of the NPDES General Permits for Wastewater Lagoon Systems in Indian Country in EPA, Region 8” (Aug. 25, 2021).
86 FR 48136 Notice—Comment Period: “Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New Active Ingredients-August 2021” (Aug. 27, 2021).
86 FR 48137 Notice: “Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations [Touchdown]” (Aug. 27, 2021).
86 FR 48139 Notice: “Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations [Certador, V-10276, Anniston]” (Aug. 27, 2021).
Farm Credit Administration
86 FR 47601 Proposed Rule—Comment Period: “Risk Weighting of High Volatility Commercial Real Estate (HVCRE) Exposures” (Aug 26, 2021).
Federal Communications Commission
86 FR 47497 Notice: “Federal Advisory Committee Act; Task Force for Reviewing the Connectivity and Technology Needs of Precision Agriculture in the United States” (Aug. 25, 2021).
Fish and Wildlife Service
86 FR 47221 Final Rule: “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Franklin’s Bumble Bee” (Aug. 24, 2021).
86 FR 47916 Proposed Rule—Comment Period: “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status With Critical Habitat for Guadalupe Fatmucket, Texas Fatmucket, Guadalupe Orb, Texas Pimpleback, and False Spike, and Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule and Critical Habitat for Texas Fawnsfoot” (Aug 26, 2021).
86 FR 48241 Notice—Comment Period: “DifWind VII & IX Reclamation Project, Alameda County, California; Draft Categorical Exclusion and Draft Habitat Conservation Plan” (Aug. 27, 2021).
Food Safety and Inspection Service
86 FR 47282 Notice—Comment Period: “Notice of Request To Renew an Approved Information Collection: Petitions for Rulemaking” (Aug. 24, 2021).
86 FR 48115 Notice, comments accepted: “National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection” (Aug. 27, 2021).
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
86 FR 47289 Notice: “Stakeholder Listening Session and Request for Information on the Rural Cooperative Development Grant Program” (Aug. 24, 2021).
86 FR 47284 Notice: “Stakeholder Listening Session and Request for Information on the Value-Added Producer Grant Program” (Aug. 24, 2021).
86 FR 47286 Notice: “Stakeholder Listening Sessions and Request for Information on the Agriculture Innovation Center Demonstration Program” (Aug. 24, 2021).
Trade Representative, Office of United States
86 FR 47703Notice: “Fiscal Year 2021 Allocation of Additional Tariff-Rate Quota Volume for Raw Cane Sugar” (Aug 26, 2021).
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
86 FR 47370 Notice: “Notice of Open Public Hearing” (Aug. 24, 2021).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
86 FR 46964 Rule: “Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions Applicable to Land Ports of Entry and Ferries Service Between the United States and Canada” (Aug. 23, 2021).
86 FR 46963 Rule: “Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions Applicable to Land Ports of Entry and Ferries Service Between the United States and Mexico” (Aug. 23, 2021).
86 FR 47127 Notice: “Uruguay Beef Imports Approved for the Electronic Certification System (eCERT)” (Aug. 23, 2021).
U.S. HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE:
H.R.5100 “Virtual Currency Consumer Protection Act of 2021” Referred to the Committees on Financial Services and Agriculture (Aug. 24, 2021).
H.R.5101 “U.S. Virtual Currency Market and Regulatory Competitiveness Act of 2021” Referred to the Committees on Financial Services and Agriculture (Aug. 24, 2021).
H.Con.Res.48 “Expressing the sense of Congress that August 30, 2021, be observed as the 131st anniversary of the 1890 Institutions.” Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture (Aug. 27, 2021).
H.R.5122 “To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to improve assistance to community wood facilities, and for other purposes.” Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Energy and Commerce (Aug. 27, 2021).
H.R.5124 “To establish a new Manufacturing Reinvestment Corporation in the Department of Commerce, to develop and monitor a national manufacturing strategy, to identify and address supply chain weaknesses and align manufacturing with strategic opportunities and imperatives through local multi-stakeholder Manufacturing Renaissance Councils, and for other purposes.” Referred to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, Financial Services, and Agriculture (Aug. 27, 2021).
U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY:
No new actions Aug. 23–27, 2021.
U.S. CONGRESS LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS/RESOURCES:
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry:
None.
House Agriculture Committee:
House Agriculture Committee Releases Mid-Year Highlights (Aug. 17, 2021)
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Top #AgLaw HotLinks Aug. 23–27, 2021.
Study Finds Most Direct-Market Vegetable Farmers Not Earning Living Wage, Morning Ag Clips
Ag, Biofuels Groups Want E15 Rehearing, DTN Progressive Farmer
Tax Policy Remains A Top Priority For Cattlemen, Brownfield
Can You Get Salmonella From Backyard Chickens?, Texas A&M Today
On Pace for a Record? Reviewing China’s Agriculture Purchases in 2021, Agricultural Economic Insights
EPA To Urge U.S. Biofuel Blending Mandates Below 2020 Levels, Sources Say, Reuters
People in Rural Pennsylvania are Desperate for Internet. Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Could Help., Philadelphia Inquirer
Meatpackers Hiring More Guest Workers, Successful Farming
Where Broadband and Climate Change Collide, Politico
Variables Add to Challenges of Higher Global Food Prices, University of Illinois Farm Policy News
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Written by:
Audry Thompson—Research Assistant
Brook Duer—Staff Attorney
