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 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...
