SMALL FARMERS EYE SUIT OVER REQUIRED FUNDING OF EPA SAFE HARBOR

Small pork producers are likely to sue the federal government over the funding mechanism for EPA's controversial enforcement safe harbor agreement with concentrated animal feeding operations, arguing farmers who do not support the initiative are being forced to pay for it through a mandatory industry fee. The dispute comes as a Supreme Court decision is pending on a constitutional challenge to the funding source, known as "checkoff dollars," which the pork industry is using to pay for its share of...