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*This article is not a substitute for the advice of an attorney.*<\/span><\/p>\n

Last Friday I was able to speak at the Central Texas Cow\/Calf Clinic at the Milano Livestock Exchange.\u00a0 It was a great crowd and I enjoyed the chance to visit with them about the importance of written leases.\u00a0 As a country girl myself with fond memories of going to the sale barn with my dad, I have to say that this was my favorite presentation location so far.\u00a0 Welcome to the new readers from that presentation!<\/p>\n

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Here are a few of the ag law stories in the news this week.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Texas Railroad Commission To Hire Seismologist To Investigate Connection Between Oil and Gas Production and Earthquakes.<\/strong>\u00a0 [Read article here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

2<\/strong>.\u00a0 Smithfield Encourages Phasing out Gestation Crates.<\/strong>\u00a0 Smithfield Foods, Inc., the world’s largest pork purchaser, has announced it is requesting independent farmers who hold Smithfield contracts to replace gestational crates for group farrowing houses.\u00a0 NPR reports that Smithfield has contracts with approximately 1,200 independent farms in 12 states.\u00a0 Smithfield requests that the producers make the transition by 2022 and offers a sliding scale of incentives for producers who convert before that time.\u00a0 Although the request is not mandatory, Smithfield officials say that if producers chose not to comply, future contract extensions are “less likely.”\u00a0 This type of conversion was previously\u00a0imposed for all Smithfield-owned farms in 2007 to be implemented by 2017.\u00a0 [Read press release here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 6 Chinese National Charged with Stealing Corn Seed.<\/strong>\u00a0 Charges of stealing trade secrets have been filed in federal court in Iowa against 6 Chinese nationals who allegedly\u00a0stole corn seed from U.S. companies to benefit their own Chinese-based seed companies.\u00a0 Authorities claim that the defendants were seen in corn fields digging up recently planted seeds and stealing ears of corn from the fields in production from April 2011 to December 2012.\u00a0 [Read article here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 NM Environment Department Hearing Officer Recommends Denying Permit to Horse Slaughter Plant.<\/strong>\u00a0 On Tuesday, a state environmental hearing officer suggested that Valley Meat Co. be denied its requested permit for sewage disposal.\u00a0 Valley Meat has the opportunity to respond to the recommendation, at which time the New Mexico Environment Secretary, Ryan Flynn, will decide whether to grant the permit.\u00a0 [Read article here<\/a>.]\u00a0 Meanwhile, a proposed horse slaughter plant in Missouri should know by January 27, 2014, if the Department of Natural Resources will approve its request to allow horse slaughter under its meat processing permit.\u00a0 [Read article here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 HSUS Makes Issue of Tail Docking in<\/strong>\u00a0Wisconsin.<\/strong>\u00a0 The Humane Society of the United States has written a letter to the Wisconsin Farm Bureau urging that the Farm Bureau side with HSUS in opposing tail docking for dairy cows.\u00a0 HSUS argues that tail docking causes “serious animal welfare problems” including “distress, pain, and increased fly attacks.”\u00a0 [Read letter here<\/a>.]\u00a0 In response, the Wisconsin Farm Bureau issued a statement that it supports farmers and veterinarians determining the appropriate animal husbandry practices for their farm.\u00a0 The statement went on to say that Farm Bureau believes whether to dock tails “should be a decision between farmers and their veterinarians, and not be a legislative mandate prompted by an animal rights group whose end goal is to eliminate animal agriculture.”\u00a0 [Read statement here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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