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Agricultural Labor: Third Circuit Holds H-2A Contract Violations Entitled to Article III Court Hearing 
On July 29, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a precedential opinion holding that a New Jersey farm found in violation of several H-2A job order conditions and fined $550,000 in back wages and civil penalties by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) was “entitled to have its case decided by an Article III court” instead of only receiving a hearing before a DOL Administrative Law Judge (ALJ). Sun Valley Orchards LLC v. United States Department of Labor, No. 23-2608. According to the opinion, a DOL investigation found that the farm had provided noncompliant housing, charged workers for meals without notice, and coerced employees to leave for “personal reasons” before completing three-fourths of the job contract in violation of its H-2A job order. Although DOL argued that the case was “really about immigration,” which “is traditionally a matter of public rights,” the court found that “the job order functions as a ‘work contract’” and that “[i]t is the violation of the terms of that work contract, rather than the regulations that shape it, that supports H-2A enforcement actions,” making the case a private rights, “common law contract action” entitled to Article III adjudication. The court reasoned that, “[a]lthough the H-2A program facilitates temporary migration, its labor certification regulations do not directly address the admission and exclusion of aliens” but instead “mainly concern the federal government’s local interest in domestic wages,” and, as such, “DOL’s action does not fit within the public rights exception to Article III adjudication.” The court stated, “Rules about worker hours, housing, cooking, and transportation regard employment law, not ‘Congress’ plenary authority to control immigration.’”
Agricultural Labor: Department of Labor Temporarily Suspends H-2A Labor Certification Fees Collection
On July 31, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) published in the Federal Register a notice (90 FR 36071) announcing that, beginning September 2, 2025, the agency will suspend its collection of H-2A certification fees while transitioning from paper format, such as checks, to an electronic collection process. DOL states that the notice is in response to Executive Order 14247, titled “Modernizing Payments To and From America’s Bank Account,” which “mandat[es] the transition to electronic payments for all Federal disbursements and receipts by digitizing payments to the extent permissible under applicable law.” According to the notice, “[d]uring the temporary suspension period, [ETA’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC)] will not issue invoices for certification fees for H-2A Applications for Temporary Certifications that are certified, and will not seek retroactive payment of fees for those certifications.” However, “[a]ny employer that is issued an H-2A certification fee invoice prior to the effective date of the temporary suspension of collections must pay the invoice by the due date.” DOL states that “OFLC will announce the end of the temporary suspension of H-2A certification fees via a Federal Register Notice.”
Organic Agriculture: Ninth Circuit Holds Oregon Hazelnut Producer Lacks Standing to Challenge 2023 Organic Rule, Finds ‘No Injury’ from Turkish Importers
On July 15, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion affirming the district court’s holding that a small Oregon-based organic hazelnut farm lacked standing to challenge the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) January 2023 Strengthening Organic Enforcement final rule, which allows USDA Organic certification for non-U.S. producer groups based on inspection of 2% of the group’s members. Pratum Farm, LLC v. United States Department of Agriculture, No. 24-6160 (D. Or. 6:23-cv-01525). In 2022, the Oregon farm “learned that some Turkish hazelnut processors were selling organic hazelnuts at negligible organic premiums over Turkish conventional hazelnuts” and later discovered that Turkish processors were importing “substantially greater quantities of ‘USDA-certified’ organic hazelnut kernels into the U.S. compared to” U.S.-based . . . production. A subsequent Trade Commission investigation revealed “that the Turkish processors were engaged in ‘substantial fraud and noncompliant practices,’” including maintaining “fraudulent farmer lists . . . false buy/sell documentation, and production units listed at addresses, that when visited, turned out to be urban buildings and apartments, far from any farm.” The plaintiff farm challenged USDA’s 2023 rule, arguing that certifying producer groups “without inspection of all member farms by an accredited certifier” violates the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA), which requires USDA to “provide for annual on-site inspection by the certifying agent of each farm and handling operation.” The plaintiff claimed injury “akin to that of a trademark licensee,” stating that, as a licensee, “it has a lawful right to use the [USDA Organic] seal” and alleging that USDA “rulemaking in excess of statutory authority that causes harm to the reputation of the seal . . . is a form of injury.” The plaintiff farm also claimed “that its injury results from competition in the organic hazelnut marketplace based on the Turkish hazelnut grower’s fraudulent activities, which [it] maintain[ed] would not have occurred but-for the USDA rule allowing farms to go without certified inspection.” However, the circuit court affirmed the district court’s finding that the plaintiff farm lacked standing to challenge the rule because the plaintiff farm failed to provide “specific facts to show injury–in-fact based on a theory of reputational damage to the USDA organic seal” and “specific facts to show that the Rule causes it competitive injury.” The circuit court stated, “To the extent Pratum argues that the Rule in fact enabled certain Turkish producer groups to sell organic hazelnut kernels at lower prices than Pratum, Pratum ‘relies on a highly attenuated chain of possibilities’ insufficient to show its competitors’ conduct was fairly traceable to the Rule.” See also ALWR—Oct. 30, 2023, “Organic Agriculture: Hazelnut Farm Files Complaint Alleging 2023 Organic Enforcement Rule Violates Organic Foods Production Act” and ALWR—Jan. 30, 2023, “USDA Announces National Organic Program Final Rule.”
Pesticides/Herbicides: District Court Finds ‘No Causation’ in Roundup Case Without Expert Testimony
On July 14, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee issued an opinion granting Monsanto’s motion for summary judgement in a products liability action alleging that the company’s glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide caused his bladder cancer. Calloway v. Monsanto Company, No. 3:23-cv-00338. The court stated that, in the Sixth Circuit, a plaintiff must satisfy three elements “to establish a prima facie products liability case,” including that “the plaintiff’s injury was proximately caused by the defective product,” which, in the case of medical causation, “under Tennessee law . . . must be established by expert testimony.” The court noted, “Indeed, in this case, where plaintiff alleges that the chemical components of the product at issue caused his bladder cancer, it appears that the causation element could only be met by presenting expert testimony about both general causation (that the chemical component is capable of causing cancer), and specific causation (that the chemical component is the cause of plaintiff’s specific medical condition).” However, the court determined that “[t]he undisputed evidence . . . shows that plaintiff has not provided any expert disclosures . . . [n]or has plaintiff sought any extension of time to disclose expert testimony” and that the “plaintiff has not even responded to the instant motion for summary judgment.” “Accordingly,” the court stated, “no genuine issue of material [fact] exists” and granted Monsanto’s motion.
Ag Transportation: Seventh Circuit Holds ‘Reciprocal Switching for Inadequate Service’ Rule Exceeds Surface Transportation Board’s Authority
On July 8, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued an opinion vacating and remanding the Surface Transportation Board’s May 2024 ‘reciprocal switching for inadequate service’ rule (89 FR 38646), which “establish[es] procedures through which a shipper or receiver can request, and the Board in turn can prescribe, a reciprocal switching agreement.” Grand Trunk Corporation v. Surface Transportation Board, No. 24-1811. The court determined that “the statute authorizing the Surface Transportation Board to order reciprocal switching . . . requires ‘some actual necessity or compelling reason’ to do so,” which the court “interpret[ed] . . . to demand evidence that the service provided by the incumbent carrier is inadequate.” However, the court found “that the Final Rule explicitly rejects the ‘some actual necessity or compelling reason’ standard” and specifies that “the performance standards . . . do not define what constitutes adequate rail service,” stating, “[N]othing in the Final Rule assures us that the Board will only impose a reciprocal switching agreement in circumstances where the incumbent’s rail service is inadequate.” The court held “that the Rule exceeds the Board’s statutory authority” and vacated the rule. See also ALWR—May 17, 2024, “Ag Transportation: Surface Transportation Board Finalizes ‘Reciprocal Switching for Inadequate Service’ Rule.”
Biofuels: Federal Court Upholds 2023, 2024, 2025 RFS Rule, Remands Without Vacatur
On June 20, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an opinion upholding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) Program final rule for 2023, 2024, and 2025, but remanding the rule without vacatur to EPA and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) “for further consideration and explanation.” Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA, No. 23-1177. In a challenge to the rule by several petitioners for various reasons (“two nonprofit conservation organizations (Environmental Petitioners), many refiners of petroleum products . . . a renewable fuel producer . . . and the Sustainable Advanced Biofuel Refiners Coalition”), the court found that “[o]nly two of th[e] challenges have merit: the Environmental Petitioners’ claims that (1) EPA failed to adequately explain why—for purposes of addressing lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions associated with crop-based biofuels—it reused the results of an admittedly outdated study instead of newer data collected from EPA’s literature review of the most reliable post-2010 findings; and (2) the . . . FWS failed to adequately explain how its conclusion that the . . . Rule will have ‘no effect’ on endangered species or their critical habitats accords with the legal framework set forth in its Consultation Handbook and the implementing regulations of the Endangered Species Act (ESA).” See also ALWR—July 17, 2023, “Biofuels: EPA Publishes Renewable Fuels Standard Program Final Rule for 2023–2025.”
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Sept. 26, 2025, Understanding the Basics of U.S. Grain Dealer Statutes
Oct. 24, 2025, Understanding the Basics of Pennsylvania’s Seasonal Farm Labor Law
Nov. 21, 2025, Understanding the Basics of Cell Cultured Foods & Labeling Laws
Dec. 12, 2025, Understanding the Clean Water Act & Ag: Biosolids & Food Processing Waste Land Application
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Mid-Atlantic Ag & Resource Law Conference with WVU Extension—October 28–29, 2025. In-person at National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, WV. Registration Available.
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Resources of Interest:
Southern Ag Today, Challenge to California’s Hen Housing Laws, Elizabeth Rumley—Nat’l Agric. Law Ctr. (August 1, 2025)
Nat’l Agric. Law Ctr., House Passes Legislation to Increase Monitoring of Certain Foreign Investments (July 31, 2025)
Nat’l Agric. Law Ctr., Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of NEPA Review, Brigit Rollins (July 29, 2025)
Southern Ag Today, Addressing Questions about Additional Base Acres in the One Big Beautiful Bill, Bart Fischer—Tex. A&M Univ. and Joe Outlaw—Tex. A&M Univ. (July 31, 2025)
Univ. of Ill. Farmdoc Daily, The Reconciliation Farm Bill: The Top Five Most Problematic Changes to Farm Policy, #5, Johnathan Coppess (July 31, 2025)
Univ. of Ill. Farm Policy News, Proposed Railroad Merger Could Decrease Service for Ag Shippers, Ryan Hanrahan (July 30, 2025)
Univ. Md. Risk Mgmt. Educ. Blog, Maryland’s Laws for Seasonal Agricultural Employment and Winter Layoffs, Nicole Cook (July 29, 2025)
Agric. Law & Tax’n Blog, Crop Dusting—Liability Issues and Contract Implications, Roger A. McEowen (July 30, 2025)
Ohio St. Univ. Ext. Farm Off. Blog, Using Long-Term Leases in Farm Transition Planning, Robert Moore (July 29, 2025)
Ohio St. Univ. Ext. Farm Off. Blog, State Operating Budget Makes Changes to Apiary Laws, Ellen Essman (July 25, 2025)
STATE ACTIONS—EXECUTIVE & LEGISLATIVE
PENNSYLVANIA EXECUTIVE AGENCIES (Pa. Bulletin Vol. 55, No. 31—August 2, 2025):
Department of Agriculture
55 Pa.B. 5129 Notice: “Most Effective Basin-Public Private Partnership”
Department of Environmental Protection
55 Pa.B. 5132 Notice: “Applications for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permits and Water Quality Management (WQM) Permits Under the Clean Streams Law and Federal Clean Water Act”
55 Pa.B. 5201 Notice: “Public Water System Technical Assistance Center Board; Meeting Cancellation”
55 Pa.B. 5223 Notice: “Updated Draft Ranking Frameworks for Drinking Water, Wastewater, Nonpoint Source and Stormwater Projects Applying for State Revolving Funds; Available for Public Comment”
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE
SR 119 “A Resolution urging the Congress of the United States to support the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025 and amend or repeal Federal law relating to program requirements in order to allow for the availability of whole milk and 2% reduced fat milk, flavored or unflavored, in elementary and secondary schools in Pennsylvania and urging the United States Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of Health and Human Services to update Federal standards relating to the establishment of dietary guidelines in order to permit the availability of whole milk and 2% reduced fat milk, flavored or unflavored, in elementary and secondary schools in Pennsylvania.” Transmitted as directed [Senate] (July 25, 2025)
FEDERAL ACTIONS—EXECUTIVE & LEGISLATIVE
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PRESS RELEASES
EPA Region 10 enforcement cases April-June 2025 (July 31, 2025)
EPA Announces $12 Million to Protect Underground Sources of Drinking Water through State and Tribal Programs (July 31, 2025)
EPA’s Research Vessel Lake Guardian Begins Summer Survey of Great Lakes (July 31, 2025)
EPA Grants Yurok Tribe Authority to Develop Water Quality Standards for Their Lands, Advances Cooperative Federalism (July 30, 2025)
ICYMI: EPA Launches the Largest Deregulatory Actions in U.S. History with Proposal to Rescind Obama-Era Endangerment Finding (July 30, 2025)
EPA Releases Proposal to Rescind Obama-Era Endangerment Finding, Regulations that Paved the Way for Electric Vehicle Mandates (July 29, 2025)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) PRESS RELEASES
Secretary Rollins Applauds Tyler Clarkson on His Senate Confirmation (July 31, 2025)
USDA Announces Daily Program Celebrating the Great American Farmers Market on the National Mall (July 31, 2025)
USDA invests $106M to keep working forests working (July 31, 2025)
Secretary Rollins Announces $60.9 Million in Disaster Assistance for Farmers in Virginia (July 28, 2025)
USDA AGENCY PRESS RELEASES
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
USDA Restricts PACA Violators in California, New Jersey and Puerto Rico from Operating in the Produce Industry (July 31, 2025)
USDA Restricts PACA Violators in California and Texas from Operating in the Produce Industry (July 31, 2025)
Agricultural Research Service
Harmonic Radar on Tiny Travelers Means Smarter Crop Protection (July 30, 2025)
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
USDA Continues Field Assessment of Oral Rabies Vaccine for Raccoons and Other Wildlife (July 31, 2025)
APHIS Declares August is “Tree Check Month,” Asks Public to Check Trees for Signs of Asian Longhorned Beetle (July 28, 2025)
Farm Service Agency (FSA)
Secretary Rollins Announces $60.9 Million in Disaster Assistance for Farmers in Virginia (July 28, 2025)
Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
Salmonella Verification Testing: June 30, 2024 through June 28, 2025 (August 1, 2025)
Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)
Export Sales to Unknown Destinations (August 1, 2025)
Export Sales to Colombia, Nigeria, South Korea, and Unknown Destinations (July 31, 2025)
Research Funding Awarded for Packaging Innovations to Support American Fresh Produce Exporters (July 29, 2025)
Export Sales to Mexico and Unknown Destinations (July 28, 2025)
National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA to Gather Conservation Data to Assess Trends and Improve Programs and Services (July 28, 2025)
July Cattle (July 25, 2025)
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Easing The Way into Agriculture (August 1, 2025)
NRCS Florida is Accepting Environmental Quality Incentives Program & Conservation Stewardship Program Applications (July 31, 2025)
Lower Loup NRD Partners with NRCS on Mira Creek Watershed Plan (July 30, 2025)
Lower Big Blue NRD Partners with NRCS on Indian Creek Watershed Plan (July 30, 2025)
Helpful Heaps of Soil Survey Data to Assist in Forest Management (July 28, 2025)
FEDERAL EXECUTIVE AGENCIES (Federal Register: July 28–August 1, 2025):
Agricultural Marketing Service
90 FR 36127 Notice; correction: “2025/2026 Rates Charged for AMS Services; Correction” (August 1, 2025)
Environmental Protection Agency
90 FR 36125 Notification of public hearing: “Public Hearing for Reconsideration of 2009 Endangerment Finding and Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Standards” (August 1, 2025)
90 FR 36288 Proposed rule: “Reconsideration of 2009 Endangerment Finding and Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Standards” (August 1, 2025)
90 FR 35966 Interim final rule; request for comments: “Extension of Deadlines in Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review Final Rule” (July 31, 2025)
90 FR 36044 Notice: “Guidance on Referrals for Potential Criminal Enforcement” (July 31, 2025)
90 FR 36045 Notice: “Pesticides: Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations With a 180-Day Comment Period (June 2025)” (July 31, 2025)
Farm Credit Administration
90 FR 36161 Notice of meeting: “Sunshine Act Meetings” (August 1, 2025)
Food and Drug Administration
90 FR 35863 Notice: “Food Safety Modernization Act Voluntary Qualified Importer Program User Fee Rate for Fiscal Year 2026” (July 30, 2025)
90 FR 35876 Notice: “Arthritis Advisory Committee; Termination” (July 30, 2025)
90 FR 35889 Notice: “Animal Generic Drug User Fee Program Rates and Payment Procedures for Fiscal Year 2026” (July 30, 2025)
90 FR 35906 Notice: “Food Safety Modernization Act Third-Party Certification Program User Fee Rate for Fiscal Year 2026” (July 30, 2025)
90 FR 35910 Notice: “Food Safety Modernization Act Domestic and Foreign Facility Reinspection, Recall, and Importer Reinspection Fee Rates for Fiscal Year 2026” (July 30, 2025)
90 FR 35883 Notice: “Animal Drug User Fee Rates and Payment Procedures for Fiscal Year 2026” (July 30, 2025)
90 FR 35894 Notice; request for comments: “Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting” (July 30, 2025)
90 FR 35645 Notification of petition: “Spoonbill Foundation; Filing of Food Additive Petition” (July 29, 2025)
90 FR 35645 Notification of petition: “APIX Biosciences US LLC; Filing of Food Additive Petition (Animal Use)” (July 29, 2025)
90 FR 35653 Notice: “Agency Information Collection Activities: Summer Food Site Locations for State Agencies” (July 29, 2025)
90 FR 35695 Notice: “Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Foreign Supplier Verification Programs for Importers of Food for Humans and Animals” (July 29, 2025)
Food and Nutrition Service
90 FR 35654 Notice: “Agency Information Collection Activities, Proposed Collection: Request for Comments on Understanding Participant Experiences in SNAP E&T” (July 29, 2025)
Natural Resources Revenue Office
90 FR 36068 Notice: “Agency Information Collection Activities: Royalty and Production Reporting” (July 31, 2025)
International Trade Commission
90 FR 35933 Notice: “Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico; Termination of Five-Year Review” (July 30, 2025)
Rural Utilities Service
90 FR 36127 Notice; request for comments: “Notice of Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection” (August 1, 2025)
U.S. HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE
H.R.4797 “To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to remove certain eligibility disqualifications that restrict otherwise eligible students enrolled in institutions of higher education from participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.” Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture (July 29, 2025)
H.R.4782 “To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program under which the Secretary will enter into cooperative agreements with State, local, or Tribal governments increase the purchase of local foods, and for other purposes.” Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture (July 29, 2025)
H.Res.616 “Expressing support for the designation of July 2025 as ‘American Grown Flower and Foliage Month.’” Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture (July 29, 2025)
H.R.4764 “To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a national biochar research network, and for other purposes.” Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture (July 25, 2025)
H.R.4757 “To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to remove nonambulatory pigs from the United States food system, to establish an online portal for confidential complaints, and for other purposes.” Referred to the Committees on Agriculture and Education and Workforce (July 25, 2025)
U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY
S.2618 “A bill to improve the process for awarding grants under certain programs of the Department of Agriculture to certain counties in which the majority of land is owned or managed by the Federal Government and to other units of local government and Tribal governments in those counties, and for other purposes.” Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (July 31, 2025)
S.2610 “A bill to terminate the Community Connect Grant program of the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.” Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (July 31, 2025)
S.2608 “A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to improve the conservation reserve program, and for other purposes.” Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (July 31, 2025)
S.2598 “A bill to expand research relating to the use of forest products, to support research and technologies of the Forest Service, and to establish a mass timber science and education program to respond to the emerging research needs of architects, developers, and the forest products industry.” Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (July 31, 2025)
S.2596 “A bill to institute a reduction in force moratorium at the Forest Service, and for other purposes.” Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (July 31, 2025)
S.2582 “A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct research relating to measurement, monitoring, reporting, and verification of soil carbon sequestration, and for other purposes.” Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (July 31, 2025)
S.2580 “A bill to amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to eliminate the prohibition on indirect costs with respect to aquaculture assistance, and for other purposes.” Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (July 31, 2025)
S.2574 “A bill to prohibit certain persons from purchasing agricultural land in the United States, and for other purposes.” Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (July 31, 2025)
S.2566 “A bill to amend the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to authorize States to approve certain organizations to acquire, hold, and manage conservation easements under the Forest Legacy Program, and for other purposes.” Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (July 31, 2025)
S.2559 “A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to eliminate certain requirements under the summer food service program for children, and for other purposes.” Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (July 30, 2025)
S.2548 “A bill to designate the Camp Hutchins Wilderness and establish Special Management Areas in the Shawnee National Forest in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes.” Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (July 30, 2025)
S.2543 “A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to submit a report on New World screwworm readiness and response.” Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (July 30, 2025)
S.2512 “A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to remove certain eligibility disqualifications that restrict otherwise eligible students from participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.” Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (July 29, 2025)
S.2500 “A bill to amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to include as a high-priority research and extension area research on microplastics in land-applied biosolids on farmland, and for other purposes.” Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (July 29, 2025)
U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY—UPCOMING HEARINGS
None.
Contributors:
Audry Thompson—Staff Attorney
Christina Fraser—Research Assistant
