Federal Estate Tax and Gift Tax Limits Announced For 2025

UPDATED Dec 27, 2024…..Corporate Transparency Act Requirements Suspended: Reporting Not Currently Required

Preparing for the (Camo) Season

What Other State Decisions Can Tell Us About Right-to-Farm Laws

Post-Emergent Dicamba Likely Unavailable in 2025, Controversial Beyond Then

Will the U.S. Supreme Court Be Asked to Send EPA Back To the Drawing Board on CAFO Permits?  

Cell Cultured Meat

Hunting Leases and Rural Land

Land Ownership and the Preservation of Family Farm Legacies 

Texas v. New Mexico

In Landmark Ruling SCOTUS Overturns ‘Chevron’ Deference

Department of Labor Finalizes New H-2A Regulations

Animal Ag in the “Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2024”

Product of the U.S.A. Rule and Trade Implications

HPAI in Dairy Cattle:  Is Pasteurization Dairy’s Only Reliable Protection? 

A Thirst for Change: The Rise of Reclaimed Water Regulations in the U.S.

US Supreme Court Finds Texas Landowners Can Pursue Takings Claim

Texas Farmers Sue USDA for Alleged Discrimination

Chasing the Benefits of Agrivoltaics

Foreign Ownership Law Violates the U.S. Constitution???

EPA Made 2023 Commitment To CAFO Permitting Reform But No Action Evident to Date 

The Corporate Transparency Act and Your (Potential) Duty to Register Your Business

United States Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments in Texas v. New Mexico Water Dispute

WOTUS Update

USDA Finalizes Rule on Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards

Federal Crop Insurance and the False Claims Act

The New Small Business Reporting Rule and Your Farm

Finding a Lawyer

Do We Have Enough DEA-Registered Labs to Implement Hemp Program?

US Supreme Court Will Not Hear North Carolina “Ag Gag” Appeal

Wetlands Protection under Swampbuster 

Ten More States Pass Foreign Land Ownership Laws This Year

EPA Publishes Updated Waters of the United States Rule

HPAI in 2023: “Induced” Losses Leave a Gap in the Federal Indemnity Scheme 

Where Have All the Black Farmers Gone? 

Farmers Win Regulatory Takings Case for Managed-Flooding Impacts

Is Your Operation AGRItourism or AgriTOURISM?

U.S. Supreme Court Issues Important Clean Water Act Ruling

What to Know About Employing Minors in the Summer and Beyond

Moon v. Schultz – Damages in Tree Fall Cases

Our Most Read Articles for 2022-2023

United States Supreme Court Upholds Proposition 12

Beef Custom Harvest Agreement Considerations  

Riding off into the Sunset: State Policies and Contract Provisions That Impact Decommissioning a Solar Facility

Right to Farm Bills in the South

What is an “Ag-Gag” Law?

A Cheese by Any Other Name

State Foreign Ownership Proposals

Oklahoma Prevails in Lawsuit Against Poultry Growers for Pollution of Illinois River

The Navigability of WOTUS

Hydroponic Agriculture and Insurance Coverage

The Supreme Court and Agriculture

The Potential Implications of Large-Scale Solar Development: A Case Study on Maryland’s Agricultural Industry

Conservation Easements: Subdivision Considerations in Farm Succession Planning

Potential Class Action Filed Claiming Poultry Growers are Employees

Changes May Come to Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers with the Inflation Reduction Act

USDA’s Text Message Bioengineered Food Disclosure Regulation Determined Unlawful

Broiler Grower Settlement Forms Arriving to Growers: Background on the Class Action

Amendments to the Federal Crop Insurance Basic Provisions

Heirs Property and Agriculture

Key Estate Planning Documents

Sysco Becomes Latest Beef Packer Antitrust Claimant

Fixtures and Farm Leases

U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Proposition 12 Case

How Right-to-Farm Laws Operate to Protect Ag Practices Used by Producers

Fence Laws for Rural Landowners

Verbal Farm Tenancy Protection in the South

Federal Judge Strikes Down Texas Drone Law as Unconstitutional

Overtime for the Agricultural Industry

What Are Right-to-Farm Laws?

The 10th Circuit Dismisses “Product of the U.S.A.” Mislabeling Claims

Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land in the United States

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Could Offer New Information to SDFRs in Rural America

Revisit Your Estate Plan

What is Preemption and How Might it Affect Glyphosate Litigation

What’s in a Name? Standards of Identity for “Milk” & “Yogurt”

Update on Waters of the United States

Carbon Contracts for the Farmer

Legal Outlook for 2022 Shows Several Ongoing Issues Will Be Top of Mind for Agricultural Producers