LibGuides: Agricultural Law Resources: Laws

USDA Portal

USDA Laws and Regulations
Provides access to USDA-related statutes, regulations, and decisions, as well as some topical starting points.

Agriculture Board of Contract Appeal Decisions
1968-January 6, 2007. Coverage ends when the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals took over the decisions.

Decisions of the Department of Agriculture by Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Call Number: Law Library Lower Level GOVDOC A 1.58 A
Publication Date: 1967-2004
This official publication includes decisions and orders issues in USDA adjudicatory proceedings as well as selected court decisions related to USDA regulations. The decisions from 1942-1975 are available in microfiche format.

Agriculture Decisions
v. 1 (1942)-current in PDF
Agriculture Regulations
Cornell's Legal Information Institute provides access to Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, which covers agriculture.
Farm Bills
“Full text and resources for all U.S. Farm Bills 1933-present” from the National Agricultural Law Center.
Federal Statutes: Agriculture
Title 7 (Agriculture) of U.S. Code.
State Statutes: Agriculture
From Cornell's Legal Information Institute
USDA OALJ Decisions
2010-current. The USDA Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ) authors opinions and orders in relation to a variety of agricultural rules and regulations.
USDA Judicial Officer Decisions (National Ag Law Center)
Includes "all major decisions rendered after January 1, 2002."