USDA Lawfare Submission Portal

Thank you for visiting USDA.gov/lawfare. This form is for farmers, ranchers, agricultural producers, and other USDA customers who have fallen victim to unfair or politically motivated lawfare to provide USDA with information regarding the potential lawfare. Impacted individuals or businesses can submit their concerns and experiences below so the USDA team may address the situation.

What is Agricultural Lawfare? Agricultural lawfare is the use of administrative, legal, and legislative government systems to adversely impact farmers, ranchers, and agricultural producers. Political considerations and extreme environmental and other progressive policy goals often motivate lawfare. Lawfare in the agricultural context typically takes the form of the following: excessive red tape and permitting on the federal, state, or local levels; use of litigation by private and public entities to deter favorable outcomes for agriculture; use of egregious civil and criminal penalties; and use of eminent domain to inhibit agricultural production.

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Can you provide a description of the issue that you are facing and how it fits into the above definition of lawfare?

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Can you provide a specific statute, regulation, or policy that is a part of this issue?

If there is no current litigation, have you received a letter or formal notice threatening a lawsuit?

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Please note that issues submitted through this portal may not be actionable by the USDA. USDA will contact you if necessary for additional information. Submitting information through this portal does not guarantee that USDA will be able to address your issue.