by Brigit Rollins | Sep 28, 2023 | Brigit Rollins, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) must analyze how its revised water quality standards for cadmium will affect threatened and endangered species after a federal court determined that the agency had failed to comply with the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”)...
by Ramie Parsons | Sep 28, 2023 | The Feed
The Feed newsletter highlights recent legal developments affecting agriculture, with issues released twice a month. Click below to sign up for The Feed, and also read the PDF for Vol. 1, Issue 18, from September 28, 2023. To sign up for The Feed, click here. Click...
by Elizabeth | Sep 21, 2023 | Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act, Corporate Farming, Foreign Ownership, Land Ownership, Webinar
General Resources Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land: FAQs & Resource Library This resource is intended to provide resources and answers to some frequently asked questions concerning foreign ownership and investments in private agricultural land. Land...
by Elizabeth | Sep 21, 2023 | Ag & Food Law Update, Department of Labor, Farm Labor, Labor, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Samantha Capaldo
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, between 2011 and 2021, there were 436 work-related deaths attributed to environmental heat exposure. To combat heat related deaths in employment, in 2021, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published an...
by Elizabeth | Sep 19, 2023 | Crop Insurance, Disaster Assistance Programs, Farm Service Agency, Federal Loan Programs, Finance and Credit, Micah Brown, Secured Transactions, United States Department of Agriculture
In August 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) announced it is providing $530 million in additional financial assistance for certain borrowers of farm loans. This assistance is part of the $3.1 billion allocated to USDA under the Inflation Reduction Act...
by Brigit Rollins | Sep 14, 2023 | Brigit Rollins, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency
In April 2023, the Pacific Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit on behalf of Thomas and Amy Villegas against the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to challenge an agency adjudication that EPA had initiated against the Villegases for an alleged violation of the Clean...
by Ramie Parsons | Sep 14, 2023 | The Feed
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by Ramie Parsons | Sep 7, 2023 | Monthly Round Up
August Roundup As August has ended, the staff at the National Agricultural Law Center continue to bring trusted research and information in agricultural and food law to stakeholders across the country. Outlined below are many of the new NALC resources from August....
by Elizabeth | Sep 7, 2023 | Agricultural Marketing Service, Commodity Programs, Samantha Capaldo, United States Department of Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture is responsible for several risk management tools for the dairy industry, including donation programs such as the Milk Donation Reimbursement Program (“MDRP”). Similarly, in 2020, Congress created a new dairy risk management...
by Elizabeth | Sep 5, 2023 | Focusing on Foreign Investment, Foreign Ownership, Land Ownership, Micah Brown
In May 2023, a group of Chinese citizens living in Florida and a real estate brokerage firm—whose clients are primarily Chinese and Chinese American—filed a lawsuit (Shen v. Simpson, No. 4:23-cv-208 (N.D. Fla. 2023)) against the state of Florida alleging that the...
by Brigit Rollins | Aug 30, 2023 | Brigit Rollins, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, WOTUS Update
On August 29, 20213, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released an updated version of its 2023 rule to define the crucial Clean Water Act (“CWA”) term “waters of the United States,” also known as WOTUS. The term is central to implementation of the CWA...
by Elizabeth | Aug 23, 2023 | The Feed
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by Elizabeth | Aug 22, 2023 | Focusing on Foreign Investment, Foreign Ownership, Land Ownership, Micah Brown
On May 8, 2023, Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Senate Bill 264 (“SB 264”) (codified Fla. Stat. Ann. §§ 692.201-205), which seeks to restrict certain foreign purchases and investments in specific types of real property located within the state. Currently, the...
by Brigit Rollins | Aug 17, 2023 | Biofuels, Brigit Rollins, Clean Air Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Transportation
On August 7, 2023, the states of Iowa and Nebraska filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to challenge the agency’s failure to act on a 2022 petition to allow the year-round sale of high-ethanol gasoline known as E15. The petition was...
by Ramie Parsons | Aug 9, 2023 | The Feed
The Feed newsletter highlights recent legal developments affecting agriculture, with issues released twice a month. Click below to sign up for The Feed, and also read the PDF for Vol. 1, Issue 15, from August 8, 2023. To sign up for The Feed, click here. Click here to...
by Elizabeth | Aug 8, 2023 | Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act, Focusing on Foreign Investment, Foreign Ownership, Land Ownership, Micah Brown
On July 25, 2023, the Senate voted 91-7 to include an amendment—introduced by Senators Jon Tester (D-MT) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) as the Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security Act (“PASS Act”) of 2023—to the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) for the...
by Ramie Parsons | Aug 8, 2023 | Monthly Round Up
July Round-Up As July has ended, the staff at the National Agricultural Law Center continue to bring trusted research and information in agricultural and food law to stakeholders across the country. Outlined below are many of the new NALC resources from the end of...
by Brigit Rollins | Aug 3, 2023 | Brigit Rollins, Climate Change, Environmental Law, National Environmental Policy Act
The Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”), the federal agency responsible for administering the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), has released the draft copy of a series of proposed regulatory revisions intended to revise changes made to the NEPA...
by Elizabeth | Jul 25, 2023 | Focusing on Foreign Investment, Foreign Ownership, Land Ownership, Micah Brown
On May 8, 2023, Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Senate Bill 264 (“SB 264”) (codified Fla. Stat. Ann. §§ 692.201-205), which seeks to restrict certain foreign purchases and investments in specific types of real property located within the state. Currently, the...
by Ramie Parsons | Jul 25, 2023 | The Feed
The Feed newsletter highlights recent legal developments affecting agriculture, with issues released twice a month. Click below to sign up for The Feed, and also read the PDF for Vol. 1, Issue 14, from July 25, 2023. To sign up for The Feed, click here. Click here to...
