by Brigit Rollins | Oct 14, 2025 | Brigit Rollins, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency
In late September 2025, a federal court in D.C. dismissed a case filed by farmers and ranchers in Texas against the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) for its alleged failure to regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) under the Clean Water Act...
by Ramie Parsons | Oct 9, 2025 | The Feed
The Feed newsletter highlights recent legal developments affecting agriculture, with issues released twice a month. Click below to sign up for The Feed, and also read the PDF for Vol. 3, Issue 19, from October 9, 2025. To sign up for The Feed, click here. Click here...
by Ramie Parsons | Oct 7, 2025 | Business Organizations, Conservation Programs, Estate Planning, heirs property, Land Ownership, Leases, NALC Resources, NALC Staff, News Release, Webinar
Peggy Kirk Hall and Robert Moore, attorneys with The Ohio State University Agricultural & Resource Law Program, will discuss farmland inheritance and purchasing farmland in an Oct. 15 webinar hosted by the National Agricultural Law Center. by Ramie Parsons...
by Ramie Parsons | Oct 7, 2025 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act, Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS), Foreign Ownership, Land Ownership, United States Department of Agriculture
by NALC staff During the 2025 legislative session, most states considered at least one bill aimed at enacting or amending a foreign ownership law. Of these, six states–Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Nebraska, Tennessee, and Utah–adopted amendments to existing...
by Emily Stone | Oct 2, 2025 | Alternative Proteins, Food Labeling, Research Fellows
Emily Whitest, Research Fellow The legal definition of “meat” is under fire. As alternative proteins flood the market, a new wave of state laws are challenging long-held food standards. The world of food is rapidly innovating, especially in the...
by Ramie Parsons | Oct 1, 2025 | Monthly Round Up
Roundup As September has ended, the staff at the National Agricultural Law Center continue to bring trusted research and information in agricultural and food law to stakeholders across the country. Outlined below are many of the new NALC resources from September...
by Emily Stone | Sep 30, 2025 | Alternative Proteins, Food Labeling, Poultry Products Inspection Act, Research Fellows, Truth in Labeling Law(suits)
Jakob Christopherson, Research Fellow “We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium,” declared Winston Churchill in his 1931 essay, “Fifty Years Hence.”...
by Ramie Parsons | Sep 25, 2025 | The Feed
The Feed newsletter highlights recent legal developments affecting agriculture, with issues released twice a month. Click below to sign up for The Feed, and also read the PDF for Vol. 3, Issue 18, from September 25, 2025. To sign up for The Feed, click here. Click...
by Brigit Rollins | Sep 23, 2025 | Brigit Rollins, Environmental Law, Water Law
The City of Fresno, California (“the City”) together with several Central Valley irrigation districts have asked the Supreme Court to hear a case involving water deliveries, the Bureau of Reclamation (“Reclamation”), and a property rights question that could have...
by Will Scobey | Sep 18, 2025 | Department of Labor, Farm Labor, Will Scobey
Introduction A federal judge in Louisiana recently issued a final judgment that will impact the way farm worker wages are calculated under the Department of Labor’s (DOL) H-2A program. The judgment, issued on August 25, vacated the DOL’s 2023 Adverse Effect Wage Rate...
by Ramie Parsons | Sep 16, 2025 | 'MAHA' Movement, Emily Stone, Food and Drug Administration, Food Labeling, Food Safety, Nutrition Programs
by Staff Attorney Emily Stone Over the past year, the nutrition and health initiative Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) spearheaded by Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy has gotten a lot of attention for its movement on both the...
by Ramie Parsons | Sep 11, 2025 | The Feed
The Feed newsletter highlights recent legal developments affecting agriculture, with issues released twice a month. Click below to sign up for The Feed, and also read the PDF for Vol. 3, Issue 17, from September 11, 2025. To sign up for The Feed, click here. Click...
by Ramie Parsons | Sep 10, 2025 | Ag & Food Law Update, Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS), Focusing on Foreign Investment, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA), Foreign Ownership, Land Ownership
by NALC staff During the 2025 legislative session, Texas became the twenty-eighth state to adopt legislation–Senate Bill 17 (“SB 17”) –prohibiting certain foreign investments in real property located within the boundaries of the state. Shortly...
by Brigit Rollins | Sep 9, 2025 | Brigit Rollins, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Pesticides
A coalition of environmental groups lead by the Center for Food Safety have asked a federal court in the District of Columbia to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) decision to register the pesticides Enlist One and Enlist Duo for use through...
by Ramie Parsons | Sep 9, 2025 | News Release
Sept. 9, 2025 by the U of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Fast facts: Ag Forum will focus on innovation, taxes, economic challenges Lineup includes animal, turf, grain sector experts Registration information here FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Harrison Pittman,...
by Ramie Parsons | Sep 8, 2025 | NALC Staff, News Release, Taxation, Webinar
Kristine Tidgren, director of Iowa State University’s Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation, or CALT, will lead the one-hour session, which will break down key provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act – OBBBA – that impact farmers, ranchers,...
by Will Scobey | Sep 4, 2025 | Antitrust, Right to Repair, Will Scobey
Overview The “Right to Repair” is a nationwide movement seeking to lift repair restrictions on various products from consumer electronics to large-scale agricultural equipment. For farmers, this movement marks an attempt to restore the ability to repair their...
by Ramie Parsons | Sep 2, 2025 | Ag & Food Law Update, Land Use Regulation, Landowner Liability, Leases, Renewable Energy, Research Fellows, Rusty Rumley, Solar Leasing, Solar Smarts
Rusty Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney Grace Henson, Research Fellow Solar leasing is the practice of installing solar panels on large areas of land leased from a third party to generate electricity from sunlight. Commercial solar leasing is a topic that has garnered...
by Ramie Parsons | Sep 2, 2025 | Ag & Food Law Update, Farm Labor, Immigration, Labor, News Release
Sept. 1, 2025 By Mary Hightower U of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Fast facts: Farm operations need to understand intricacies of state, federal labor laws Full webinar replay is available online (Newsrooms: Download photo of Mencer) (568 words) FAYETTEVILLE,...
by Ramie Parsons | Sep 2, 2025 | Monthly Round Up
Roundup As August has ended, the staff at the National Agricultural Law Center continue to bring trusted research and information in agricultural and food law to stakeholders across the country. Outlined below are many of the new NALC resources from August 2025. Blog...
