Posts by Gary Baise

Gary Baise Commentaries Supreme Court says it will not hear Bayer’s bid to dismiss case against glyphosate-based weedkiller this week. The U.S. Supreme Court has last week in conference determined it will not decide Bayer AG’s bid to dismiss the case against Roundup weedkiller. It has relisted the Monsanto case for rehearing this Friday, June…

Gary Baise Commentaries Bayer hopes to dismiss Roundup cases based on ‘preemption’ Bayer wants the Supreme Court to find the EPA label approved under FIFRA preempts the “failure to warn” claims brought under state law. The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act is a critical piece of legislation that impacts all of you who are…

Gary Baise Commentaries Foreign impacts of Proposition 12 The restrictions the California law would impose reach beyond the U.S. pork industry. The Canadian Pork Board filed an AMICUS brief in the U.S. Supreme Court and told the Court about the impact Proposition 12 would have on Canadian and other foreign pork producers who export their…

Gary Baise Commentaries An organic farming policy that ended in catastrophe FERTILIZER BAN: A policeman stands guard during a demonstration against the surge in prices and shortage of fuel and other essential commodities near the parliament building in Colombo, Sri Lanka on April 5, 2022. Fertilizer, crop chemicals ban: A cautionary tale from Sri Lanka…

Gary Baise Commentaries Hog farmers will get their day in court U.S. Supreme Court will review Prop 12, a law that lets California dictate farm practices in every state. The case involving California’s Proposition 12 was distributed for conference eight times in the U.S. Supreme Court! This means there was a lot of opposition to the case. Yet,…

Gary Baise Commentaries The EPA wants to regulate the power grid A Supreme Court win by EPA would mean the federal government can stop any industry that emits carbon. A case you probably have never heard of will impact you and your farm operations. The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency is attempting to reshape and…

Gary Baise Commentaries Here we go again: Is ethanol climate-friendly? Research claims increased corn acres from Renewable Fuels Standard releases as much as 24% more carbon into the atmosphere than gasoline. Just as planters are ready to roll, a new study by a group of professors takes a shot at ethanol and corn. Dr. Tyler…

Gary Baise Commentaries California law tangled in regulatory uncertainty California law tangled in regulatory uncertainty California’s animal welfare law could cause higher pork prices, shortages. Many of us expected a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of California’s Prop 12, that was to go into effect Jan. 1, 2022. So far nothing…

Gary Baise Commentaries Proposition 12 decision any moment from Supreme Court The U.S. Supreme Court distributed to the justices’ California Proposition 12 case on January 7th, 14 and 21st. This means the justices are supposed to look at the briefs and decide whether California’s Proposition 12 has dramatic economic effects largely outside of California and…

Gary Baise Commentaries California’s defense of Prop 12 in U.S. Supreme Court Supreme Court may still decide to hear the case against allowing one state to dictate all pork housing standards. The U.S. Supreme Court was supposed to hold a conference this past Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, and determine whether the National Pork Producers Council’s…