by Elizabeth | Jan 9, 2024 | Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act, Corporate Transparency Act, Finance and Credit, Focusing on Foreign Investment, Foreign Ownership, Land Ownership, Micah Brown, Taxation, Taxation, United States Department of Agriculture
As previously discussed, the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (“AFIDA”) (7 U.S.C. §§ 3501–3508) contains reporting requirements mandating that certain foreign and domestic entities disclose their interests in U.S. agricultural land to the U.S. Department...
by Elizabeth | Dec 21, 2023 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Law, Antitrust, Clean Water Act, Commodity Programs, Conservation Programs, Corporate Transparency Act, Crop Insurance, Disaster Assistance Programs, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Protection Agency, Farm Bill, Farm Labor, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Focusing on Foreign Investment, Foreign Ownership, Glyphosate, Hemp, Immigration, Labor, Land Ownership, Nutrition Programs, Packers and Stockyards Act, Pesticides, Prop 12, Right to Repair, United States Department of Agriculture, Water Law, Western Water, WOTUS Update
In the world of agricultural law, 2023 was a year for significant developments and changes. In summary below, attorneys at the National Agricultural Law Center have identified and compiled the top legal and policy developments that affected agriculture this year,...
by Elizabeth | Dec 14, 2023 | Department of Labor, Fair Labor Standards Act, Farm Labor, Labor, Samantha Capaldo
Agriculture can be a hazardous occupation, and adding child workers into the equation can lead to even more dangerous situations. During 2023 alone, Michael Schuls, 16, died while working at a sawmill in Wisconsin, and Duvan Tomas Perez, 16, died after becoming...
by Elizabeth | Dec 12, 2023 | Foreign Ownership, Land Ownership, Micah Brown, Spotlighting State Restrictions on Foreign Land Investments
The Louisiana Constitution permits “[e]very person…the right to acquire, own, control, use,…private property.” La. Const. Ann. art. I, § 4. However, the state constitution authorizes the state legislature to enact “reasonable statutory restrictions” to this right. On...
by Elizabeth | Dec 4, 2023 | Elizabeth Rumley, Procedure
By: NALC Senior Staff Attorney Elizabeth Rumley As a lawyer at the National Agricultural Law Center, I don’t represent clients. While I- and my colleagues- give presentations about legal issues across the country, we’re prohibited from giving legal advice specific to...
