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USDA has put out a great poster, shown below, describing the USDA Final Rule for Organic Livestock and Poutry Practices. There are three stages to implementing the rule. Within one year, all provisions – except for outdoor access requirements for layers and indoor space requirements for broilers – must be implemented.

The United States Supreme Court has granted a petition for certiorari from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on the Environmental Protection Agency's Waters of the United States Rule.

Last week, Governor Asa Hutchinson announced his determination that a proposed regulation from the Arkansas Plant Board entitled Pesticide Use and Restriction would not unnecessarily burden business.

The federal Natural Resources Conservation Service is currently offering landowners in twenty counties the opportunity to earn $36 per acre to improve bobwhite quail habitat.

The United States Army Corps of Engineers recently published its 2017 final rule for nationwide permits under the Clean Water Act.