As of June 2024, three proposals have been released on the 2024 Farm Bill – one in the House of...
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Who Owns the Ag Land? Congress Considering Changes to the Federal Reporting Regime
On January 25, 2024, Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced the AFIDA Improvements Act of 2024 (S....
USDA Proposes Updates to Foreign Held Agricultural Land Reporting
Recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (“USDA”) announced that it is seeking public...
USDA Provides Additional Round of Debt Relief Payments to “Distressed” Farm Borrowers
In August 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) announced it is providing $530 million...
Displaying the Data: Online AFIDA Database To Be Established
In December 2022, Congress passed a $1.7 trillion spending package for FY23 known as the...
Congressional Considerations on Amending AFIDA
Over the past few years, federal and state lawmakers have become increasingly concerned about...
Answering to AFIDA: Reporting Requirements of Foreign Agricultural Land Investments
Over the past few years, federal and state lawmakers have become increasingly concerned about...
Congressional Considerations on Restricting Foreign Investments in U.S. Agriculture
Over the past decade, foreign investments in agricultural land have grown. At the start of 2021,...
Ag and Food Law Daily Update: September 23, 2022
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in...
Ag & the IRA: Debt Relief and Financial Assistance Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act
In August 2022, Congress passed a $739 billion spending package known as the Inflation Reduction...