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OCTOBER 16, 2015
COURT Blocks the rule
The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Friday ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to stop enforcement nationwide of the Waters of the United States rule. In doing so, the Cincinnati-based court recognized that this rule has serious flaws and cannot go forward until the courts have had an opportunity to understand its effect on farmers, ranchers and landowners of all kinds, AFBF President Bob Stallman said in a statement. The decision expands a stay that a North Dakota judge imposed in August, the day before the rule took effect, and that only applied to 13 states.

Sixth Circuit Court order     FBNews article
Temporary stay needs Congressional fix
The temporary stay the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down on Friday means the Environmental Protection Agency cannot enforce its Waters of the U.S. Rule nationwide. The stay will remain in effect until the court rules on whether it has jurisdiction to hear the case. "Longer-term, I think we need to focus on changing EPA's position," explained AFBF's Don Parrish in Tuesday's Newsline. Farm Bureau is urging Congress to intervene legislatively on the rule.
Food Aid Changes in the works
A newly introduced bill, the Global Food Security Act of 2015, proposes changes to the way the United States handles food aid and could move farmers further from the process. Veronica Nigh, an AFBF economist, explained Farm Bureau's stance on the bill in a Newsline (podcast). "It's unlikely that this bill will pass, but I think it's important to remember that the U.S. will spend $1.36 billion dollars on the Food for Peace program this year and every year until 2018 under the terms of the 2014 farm bill," Nigh said. "We clearly have a stake in making sure that this money is used effectively and that it helps feed the neediest populations around the world."
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TODAY IN HISTORY
OCTOBER 16, 1946
NAZIS HANGED
The hangings were carried out during the early morning hours of October 16, 1946 in a small gymnasium erected in the prison's courtyard. Three gallows filled the room - two to be used alternatively as each condemned man was dispatched and the third to act as a spare. The executions were briskly conducted - the entire procedure lasted just over 3 1/2 hours. At the end of the day, 10 Nazi leaders joined Hitler, Goring, Himmler and Goebbels in death. These were the first Nazi war criminals legally brought to account for their role in killing upwards of 40 million people in Europe alone. Dozens of other trials of Nazi war criminals continued, some into the 21st Century.
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