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NALC news release: Former Arkansas Gov. Hutchinson to discuss legal ethics, foreign ownership at Mid-South conference

By Drew Viguet National Agricultural Law Center U of A System Division of Agriculture March 31, 2025 Fast facts: Former Gov....

Soil for Sale? State Legislative Efforts to Restrict Foreign Investments – Part Six

by NALC Staff Since January 2021, almost every state has proposed at least one piece of legislation to prohibit or restrict...

Soil for Sale? State Legislative Efforts to Restrict Foreign Investments – Part Five

by NALC Staff Since January 2021, almost every state has proposed at least one piece of legislation to prohibit or restrict...

Soil for Sale? State Legislative Efforts to Restrict Foreign Investments — Part Four

by NALC staff Since January 2021, almost every state has proposed at least one piece of legislation to prohibit or restrict...

Soil for Sale? State Legislative Efforts to Restrict Foreign Investments — Part Three

by NALC staff Since January 2021, almost every state has proposed at least one piece of legislation to prohibit or restrict...

Soil for Sale? State Legislative Efforts to Restrict Foreign Investments – Part Two

by NALC staff Since January 2021, the majority of states have proposed at least one piece of legislation to prohibit or...

Soil for Sale? State Legislative Efforts to Restrict Foreign Investments – Part One

by NALC staff Since January 2021, the majority of states have proposed at least one piece of legislation to prohibit or...

NALC news release: Shipman: Impact of 2024 elections on agriculture ‘a lot to talk about’

Hunt Shipman, principal and director at Cornerstone Government Affairs, discussed the Farm Bill, China, nutrition programs and more in the Jan....

UADA article — YEAREND: Corporate Transparency Act, Foreign Ownership, Chevron shift mark turbulent 2024

“2024 brought in some of the most consequential developments in ag law and policy in a long time.” — Harrison Pittman...

NALC news release: Federal judge puts Arkansas foreign ownership restrictions on hold

The preliminary injunction applies to the plaintiffs in Jones Eagle LLC v. Arkansas Department of Agriculture. By Drew Viguet National Agricultural...

Federal Judge Halts Enforcement of Arkansas’ Foreign Ownership Restrictions

Recently, Jones Eagle, LLC, a data center business operating to mine digital assets, such as cryptocurrency, filed a lawsuit (Jones Eagle...

Focusing on Foreign Investments: Congressional Considerations on Evaluating Foreign Acquisitions in U.S. Agriculture

Over the past decade, foreign investments in U.S. agricultural land have grown. At the start of 2023, foreign persons held an...

Focusing on Foreign Investments: Congress Aims to Add Agriculture to CFIUS

On September 11, 2024, the House passed the Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 (H.R. 9456) which seeks...

Farm Bill 2024: Themes in the Proposed Energy and Miscellaneous Titles

As of August 2024, three proposals have been released on the 2024 Farm Bill – one in the House of Representatives...

Limits on Land Acquisitions: Three States Amend Their Foreign Ownership Laws

Since January 2024, the majority of states have proposed at least one piece of legislation to prohibit or restrict foreign investments...

South Dakota Amends State Restriction on Foreign Acquisitions of Ag Land

On March 4, 2024, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem signed into law House Bill 1231 (“HB 1231”) which amends a state...

Eleventh Circuit Narrowly Blocks Florida From Enforcing Foreign Ownership Law

On February 1, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit granted a partial injunction in favor of two...

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. 3666) which seeks to amend...

USDA Proposes Updates to Foreign Held Agricultural Land Reporting

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...

Who Owns the Business? Corporate Transparency Act and Foreign Entity Disclosures

As previously discussed, the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (“AFIDA”) (7 U.S.C. §§ 3501–3508) contains reporting requirements mandating that certain foreign...