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Midwest Land & Livestock charges settled
On December 14, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that it obtained a consent order of permanent injunction against defendants Mark Vanderploeg and his companies, Midwest Land & Livestock of Glendale, Arizona, SKV Farms of Omaha, Nebraska, and DCV Farms of Minneapolis, Minnesota, for engaging in an illegal, false reporting scheme.
KGFA files amicus brief on behalf of elevator
Recently in a local community, the city brought charges against a grain elevator for disturbing the peace and public nuisance after they expanded their business. Although the new construction met and exceeded all of the noise and dust standards, the city court found the grain facility guilty on both counts. However the district court reversed the ruling in favor of the elevator and found the city ordinance was unconstitutionally vague.
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