Victoria Whitehead Governor Greg Abbot Appoints Three to State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners (this story was originally published here)     Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Victoria Whitehead and reappointed Sue Allen and Michael White, D.V.M. to the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners for terms set to expire on August 26, 2025. The […]

Jennifer Greenlief West Virginia lawmakers pass first farm bill for the state (this story was originally published here)     The West Virginia legislature passed the state’s first-ever farm bill April 6. The bill, which will renew annually, sets the stage for easier updates and revisions to state code related to agriculture. “Our goal is […]

Marnie Jensen Marnie Jensen Named to The American Lawyer’s Inaugeral List of Midwest Trailblazers (this story was originally published here)   Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce that partner Marnie Jensen has been named to The American Lawyer’s 2021 inaugural list of Midwest Trailblazers. Jensen, a litigator in the firm’s Food & Agribusiness group, represents clients in a variety of industries in […]

Tony Francois SD Farmer Sues USDA on Wetlands Battle (this story was originally published here)     LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) — For more than a decade, Minor County, South Dakota, farmer Arlen Foster has fought a USDA wetland determination that a puddle in the middle of one of his fields is a wetland. The agency […]

Kitt Tovar Jensen It’s time to reform the meatpacking industry, farmers say (this story was originally published here)   The Senate Agriculture Committee plans a hearing Wednesday on how meatpackers buy cattle and whether those practices raise the cost of some favorite barbecue meats. Many in Washington are pushing for an overhaul of the $213 […]

  Pat Dillon Dillon Law firm purchases Traeger & Koempel in West Union (this story was originally published here) Click here for the full published story!

Tiffany Dowell Lashmet AgriLife Extension’s Owning Your Piece of Texas course now online (this story was originally published here) COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The award-winning course, Owning Your Piece of Texas: Key Laws Texas Landowners Need to Know, which has been taught across the state by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s Tiffany Dowell Lashmet and team, is now […]

Peggy Kirk Hall Ohio State University Agricultural and Resource Program Ag Law Questions from Around Ohio (this story was originally published here) I recall sharing my concern with a professor when I was in law school: how will I ever know all the answers to legal questions? No worries, he said. You can’t know the […]

Current employer: Briscoe Ivester & Bazel, LLP, San Francisco CA (partner)   Education and work experience: 1987, B.S. in Mathematics with honors, University of San Francisco 1996, J.D. with honors, University of California Hastings College of the Law 1999-2003 McQuaid Bedford & Van Zandt, San Francisco CA (associate attorney) 2003-2007 California Farm Bureau Federation, Sacramento […]

  Current employer: Husch Blackwell LLP, Kansas City, MO.   Education and work experience: B.A. Degree Economics; University Honors with Thesis; Minor in Spanish; Brigham Young University, 1998 J.D. Degree, cum laude, Brigham Young University, 2001 Husch Blackwell LLP, Kansas City, MO (2001 to present).  Licensed in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Utah and numerous federal courts. […]