{"id":665,"date":"2018-05-25T16:36:56","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T16:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/agnewsandviews\/?p=665"},"modified":"2018-05-25T16:42:59","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T16:42:59","slug":"ag-law-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/agnewsandviews\/2018\/05\/25\/ag-law-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Ag Law Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"sep\">Posted on <\/span><a title=\"9:47 am\" href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2018\/05\/25\/may-25-2018-ag-law-round-up\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2018-05-25T09:47:28+00:00\">May 25, 2018<\/time><\/a><span class=\"by-author\"> <span class=\"sep\"> by <\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" title=\"View all posts by tiffany.dowell\" href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/author\/tiffany-dowell\/\" rel=\"author\">tiffany.dowell<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section class=\"entry-content\">Here are some of the ag law stories in the news over the last couple of weeks:<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section class=\"entry-content\">*<strong>New Mexico files counterclaims against Texas and United States in water law suit.<\/strong>\u00a0 The New Mexico Attorney General has filed the State\u2019s Answer to the Complaints filed by Texas and the United States in the TX v. NM litigation over the Rio Grande river.\u00a0 Additionally, New Mexico has now filed counterclaims against the State of Texas and the United States.\u00a0 [Read Answers and Counterclaims <a href=\"http:\/\/AG_Balderas_Files_Counterclaims_and_Answers_in_TX_v_NM_Water_Lawsuit_Balderas_Now_Executing_His_New_Strategy_After_Last_King_Action_Has_Been_Heard_by_the_Supreme_Court\">here<\/a>.]<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section class=\"entry-content\">*\u00a0<strong>Farm Bill fails on the House floor.<\/strong>\u00a0 Last week, a vote on the Farm Bill was held on the US House floor.\u00a0 The bill failed with votes of 198 for and 213 against.\u00a0 The 2014 Farm Bill remains in place through September 20, 2018. [Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theindychannel.com\/news\/national\/farm-bill-fails-in-the-house-amid-republican-infighting-over-immigration\">here<\/a>.]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6137\" src=\"https:\/\/agrilifecdn.tamu.edu\/texasaglaw\/files\/2018\/05\/capitol-281123_640.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2018\/05\/capitol-281123_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2018\/05\/capitol-281123_640-300x199.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"355\" height=\"236\" \/><strong>*China lifts sorghum probe and tariff.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>China has announced it is ending its \u201canti-dumping\u201d probe into US sorghum, and will no longer impose the 178% tariff it announced previously.\u00a0 As you may recall from a prior Round Up, when that tariff was announced, shipments of US sorghum that were on their way to China were diverted and sent to other countries.\u00a0 [Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agweb.com\/article\/national-sorghum-producers-celebrate-huge-china-win-\/?platform=hootsuite\">here<\/a>.]<\/section>\n<section class=\"entry-content\">*<strong>Teen who started wildfire in Oregon ordered to pay $36 million.<\/strong>\u00a0 A teenager who admitted to throwing fireworks in the woods, which started a 48,000 acre wildfire last year, has been ordered to pay $36 million in restitution for damages.\u00a0 He was previously sentenced to 5 years probation and 1,920 hours of community service.\u00a0 [Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/05\/21\/us\/teen-ordered-to-pay-millions-for-starting-eagle-creek-wildfire-trnd\/index.html\">here<\/a>.]<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted on May 25, 2018 by tiffany.dowell Here are some of the ag law stories in the news over the last couple of weeks: *New Mexico files counterclaims against Texas&#8230; <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/agnewsandviews\/2018\/05\/25\/ag-law-update\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":609,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ag Law Update - Ag News and Views<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/agnewsandviews\/2018\/05\/25\/ag-law-update\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ag Law Update - Ag News and Views\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Posted on May 25, 2018 by tiffany.dowell Here are some of the ag law stories in the news over the last couple of weeks: *New Mexico files counterclaims against Texas... 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