Software Firm Seeks Vacatur Of USDA Directive After Emergency Stay Was Denied

( April 24, 2026, 12:32 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — After a District of Columbia federal court denied its request for an emergency stay, a provider of crop insurance software moved in the same court for summary judgment seeking to vacate a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) directive that reclassifies certain software payments as capped agent compensation under the federal crop insurance program, arguing that the agency unlawfully reversed longstanding policy without explanation in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA)....