by Elizabeth | Feb 7, 2024 | Environmental Law, Land Use Regulation, Water Law
On January 25, 2024, the Supreme Court of Nevada issued an important decision in the long running dispute over pumping groundwater from the Coyote Springs Valley north of Las Vegas to supply a housing development for 250,000 people. The dispute underlying Sullivan v....
by Elizabeth | Feb 6, 2024 | Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act, Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS), Farm Service Agency, Focusing on Foreign Investment, Foreign Ownership, Land Ownership, Micah Brown, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture
On January 25, 2024, Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced the AFIDA Improvements Act of 2024 (S. 3666) which seeks to amend certain provisions of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (“AFIDA”)—the federal law that requires certain foreign investors to...
by Elizabeth | Jan 25, 2024 | Farm Labor, Labor, Samantha Capaldo
The H-2A program, which allows employers to employ foreign nationals to fill temporary U.S. agricultural jobs, plays an essential role in the U.S. agricultural workforce. According to the U.S. Department of State, almost 300,000 H-2A visas were issued in 2022, making...
by Elizabeth | Jan 23, 2024 | Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act, Farm Service Agency, Focusing on Foreign Investment, Foreign Ownership, Land Ownership, Leases, Micah Brown, United States Department of Agriculture
Recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (“USDA”) announced that it is seeking public feedback—due by February 16, 2024—on how foreign persons report their U.S. agricultural land holdings under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (“AFIDA”). USDA’s...
by Elizabeth | Jan 11, 2024 | Finance and Credit, Samantha Capaldo, Taxation
April may feel far away in January, but tax day is always closer than you think. For agricultural producers, staying on top of changes to the tax code is an important part of the job. Last year, twelve states enacted legislation amending different tax provisions that...
