Category Archives: Agriculture

Federal Government Lays An Egg

Posted on August 3, 2016 by matt ohern

In May 2016, a congressman from Michigan wrote a stinging letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. Twenty four Republican members of Congress complained about a new proposed rule regarding practices for organic poultry and livestock. The proposed rule for … Continue reading →

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Federal Land Grab is An Assault On Private Property

Posted on July 20, 2016 by matt ohern

Utah’s Attorney General filed a lawsuit in February 2016 against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the Department of the Interior and the United States Forest Service (USFS) in the Department of Agriculture. Utah claims that in 2015 a federal plan … Continue reading →

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Court Rules Soil is a Pollutant!

Posted on July 7, 2016 by matt ohern

Judge Kimberly Mueller on June 10, 2016 in the U.S. Eastern District Court of California found that John Duarte, a nursery operator and wheat farmer, plowed wetlands, four to six inches deep, and therefore violated the Clean Water Act (CWA). … Continue reading →

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Has Global Warming Made Rainstorms More Intense?

Posted on July 7, 2016 by matt ohern

In a recent article about global warming adorned with pictures of flooding and drought, New York Times environmental journalist Justin Gillis wrote: A warmer atmosphere can hold more water vapor, and an intensification of rainstorms was one of the fundamental … Continue reading →

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Why Iowa Farmers Should Win Drainage Case

Posted on June 22, 2016 by matt ohern

(Editor’s note: articles such as this are run in the Jefferson Policy Journal because the outcome of lawsuits such as this will have an impact on Virginia since the outcome will encourage or discourage similar actions.) The Des Moines Water … Continue reading →

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