Defending Agriculture
Gary H. Baise is an Illinois farmer and trial attorney at the law firm Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Bode Matz PC. Specializing in ag and environmental issues, he also serves as outside General Counsel for the Agricultural Retailers Association, National Association of Wheat Growers, and National Sorghum Producers.
- Case against oil companies could also impact farmers. - Legal battle could impact all grain farmers across the United States. - Judicial activism could be killing jobs in forestry as well as agriculture. - Producers need to be extremely vigilant as to what state environmental agencies do regarding requirements for pesticide spraying - The Environmental Protection Agency's latest attempt to regulate large animal farms. - Little known insecticide is re-registered after legal skirmish - Read about the Rose Acre Farms court case here. - Agency forces family to halt building dream home on their own property. - Local environmental groups are using the courts to stop large livestock farms from getting established. - Campaign rips industrial-scale poultry operations for damage to the environment.