March Roundup

As March 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 March 2024.

Blog Posts

• South Dakota Amends State Restriction on Foreign Acquisitions of Ag Land
• EPA Delays Rescinding Gasoline Volatility Waivers Until 2025
• France takes up plant protein labeling and cell-cultured meat
• Plaintiffs Claim Cranberry Bog Not Exempt from CWA Regulation
• Limits on Land Acquisitions: Three States Amend Their Foreign Ownership Laws
• The SEC Finalizes Rule on Required Climate-Related Disclosures
• Farm Animal Housing in 2024: Laws, Proposals and Challenges
• USDA Finalizes Voluntary “Product of USA” Rule

The Feed

• Volume 2, Issue 5
• Volume 2, Issue 6

Webinars

• March 20 – Small Entities Must File: Navigating the Corporate Transparency Act’s New Reporting Requirements
• March 27 – Growing Careers in Agricultural and Food Law for Law Students: Non-Traditional Legal Paths and Opportunities

NALC Outreach

• Harrison Pittman, NALC Director
  • March 14 – Gave a presentation on foreign ownership legislation at the Timberlands Management Conference in Portland, OR
  • March 27 – Gave a presentation on Navigating Restrictions and Transparency Requirements of Foreign Investments in U.S. Land for the Illinois Bar Association via Zoom
  • March 28 – Gave a presentation on recent and emerging issues in the ag industry, including Georgia’s foreign ownership law at Georgia Bar Association Agricultural Law session in Atlanta, GA
• Elizabeth Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney
  • March 6 – Gave a guest lecture on criminal law and FFDCA violations for Dr. Kristen Gibson’s Intro to Food Law class at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR.
  • March 12 – Gave a presentation on Prop 12 and animal welfare legal initiatives in the U.S. at the Animal Behavior, Health and Well-Being Symposium at the American Society of Animal Science Midwest Section Meeting in Madison, WI
  • March 22 – Participated in a roundtable discussion on Prop 12 for the House Committee on Agriculture in Washington, D.C.
  • March 25 – Gave a presentation on Prop 12 and animal welfare legal initiatives in the U.S. at the Berrien County (MI) Farm Bureau Legislative Breakfast via Zoom
• Rusty Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney
  • March 4 – Gave a presentation on Business Entities to the Center for Arkansas Farms and Food at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR.
  • March 6 – Gave a presentation on Ag Leasing to the Center for Arkansas Farms and Food at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR.
  • March 15 – Gave two presentations on Liability Issues with Food Processing and heir’s property at the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff’s Rural Life Conference in Pine Bluff, AR
• Brigit Rollins, Staff Attorney
  • March 5 – Gave a virtual presentation on dicamba to the Arkansas Plant Board.
• Micah Brown, Staff Attorney
  • March 7 – Discussed foreign ownership of agricultural land on Agri-Pulse Today via Zoom
  • March 12 – Gave a presentation on foreign ownership of agricultural land at the National Land Conference in Louisville, KY
• Emily Stone, Staff Attorney
  • March 3-5 – Gave two presentations on Top Legal Issues in Ag Law and Fundamentals of the Farm Bill at the National Young Farmer Educational Association’s Agriculture’s Promise conference in Washington, D.C.

NALC Media Mentions

• March 2 – Pine Bluff Commercial – Community Briefs March 2
• March 5 – Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette – Arkansas Plant Board considers future of dicamba regulations
• March 6 – Missouri Ruralist – Corporate Transparency Act hits farms, ag businesses
• March 6 – Harrison Daily Times – Corporate Transparency Act webinar scheduled
• March 6 – Farmers’ Advance – Weak commodity crop and livestock prices continued to weigh on financial expectations
• March 8 – Agri-Pulse – Daybreak March 8: Farmers, but not the farm bill, make it into SOTU
• March 8 – Stuttgart Daily Leader – Alabama district court determines Corporate Transparency Act is unconstitutional
• March 9 – Newton County Times – Alabama district court determines Corporate Transparency Act is unconstitutional
• March 10 – Magnolia Reporter – Alabama district court determines Corporate Transparency Act is unconstitutional
• March 12 – arsTechnica – Some states are now trying to ban lab-grown meat
• March 12 – aol.com – This year’s spring equinox the earliest since 1896
• March 12 – Inside Climate News – Across the Nation, Lawmakers Aim to Ban Lab-Grown Meat
• March 13 – Agri-Pulse – National Farmers Union delegates push for farm policy reforms
• March 15 – AgDaily – Oklahoma Farm Bureau challenges increase to state’s minimum wage
• March 16 – Pine Bluff Commercial – Community Briefs March 16
• March 18 – Newton County Times – Free webinar highlights non-traditional career paths for those with law degrees
• March 19 – The Sentinel-Record – Free webinar to focus on non-courtroom jobs for law graduates
• March 20 – Delta FarmPress – Trending topics in agricultural law
• March 20 – Delta FarmPress – The nation’s leading source for ag and food law
• March 20 – Stuttgart Daily Leader – What’s next in a post-dicamba world? NALC’s 11th Annual Mid-South to address the issue
• March 20 – High Country Press – App State’s “Frontline to Farm” Upcoming Training in Boone to be Held June 24-28 for New Trainees and June 27-28 for Training Alums
• March 20 – Colorado Newsline – Watch out for China buying U.S. farmland, Noem tells U.S. House panel
• March 20 – Arkansas Democrat Gazette – Arkansas’ Griffin, Indiana’s attorney general lead officials in calling for federal hemp changes
• March 25 – Salon – Seeds of dissent: Agricultural manufacturers and farmers clash over “right to repair” equipment
• March 27 – The Washington Post – Kansas considers limits on economic activity with China and other ‘countries of concern’
• March 28 – Watauga Democrat – Frontline to Farm to host farmer veteran training in late June
• March 28 – Lancaster Farming – Foreign Farmland Purchase Restrictions Stall in Mid-Atlantic
• March 28 – Nevada Today – Ag, water and environmental law experts convene at University of Nevada, Reno
• March 29 – Chicago Council on Global Affairs – State lawmakers are concerned about Chinese ownership of US land, but other countries own much more American acreage

NALC Partners

Ohio State University Agricultural and Resource Law Program

Blog Posts

• Don’t Let Your Farm Insurance be an Afterthought
• Gifting May Help with Estate Taxes
• Farm Transition Planning Strategies for Second Marriages, Part 2

Publications

• Farm Insurance: A Discussion with Your Insurance Agent

Presentations

• Robert Moore, Attorney, OSU Agricultural & Resource Law Program
  • March 1 – Farm Leasing webinar, 50 participants.
  • March 2 – Christmas Tree Growers Meeting – Farm Liability and Insurance, 25 participants.
  • March 20 – American Farmland Trust – Farm Transition Planning, 30 participants.