December Roundup
As December 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 December 2023.
Blog Posts
- How To: Find an Attorney
- AMS Updating the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard’s List of Bioengineered Foods
- EPA Proposes Vulnerable Species Pilot Project
- Spotlighting State Restrictions on Foreign Land Investments: Louisiana – Part Two
- Recent Federal and State Legislation to Amend Child Labor Laws
- Legal Issues with Land Trusts: What is a Land Trust?
- “Top Ten” Issues in Ag & Env Law: 2023 Edition
The Feed
NALC Outreach
- Harrison Pittman, NALC Director
- November 29-December 1 – Presented in two sessions on current issues in ag law – foreign ownership of agricultural land, Prop 12, pesticides, farm bill, to the Kentucky Farm Bureau’s 104th Annual Convention, Louisville, KY.
- Rusty Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney
- December 1-2 – Presented on heirs’ property to Workshop for Increasing the Participation of Underserved Landowners in the Conservation Reserve Program (Mississippi) in Greenville, MS
- Brigit Rollins, Staff Attorney
- December 15 – Presented on ESA-FIFRA policy to Arkansas Ag Council in Little Rock, AR
- December 19 – Hosted a webinar for the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) titled “A Legal Discussion of the FIFRA/ESA Consultation Process Over Time“
NALC Media Mentions
- December 4 – Missouri Independent – This land is our land: States crack down on foreign-owned farmlands.
- December 4 – FarmPress – ‘Relatively permanent’ could be next WOTUS battleground.
- December 8 – The Washington Post – States crack down on foreign-owned farmland. Your weekly non-Beltway stories
- December 10 – Morning AgClips – Speakers Announced: Georgia Cotton Commission Annual Meeting
- December 11 – FarmPress – Grower-funded checkoffs worth producer investment
- December 12 – JDSupra – Agricultural Land and Foreign Investment
- December 12 – The Joplin Globe – States crack down on foreign-owned farm fields
- December 13 – Southeast AgNet Radio Network – Speakers Announced for Georgia Cotton Commission Annual Meeting
- December 15 – Paragould Daily Press – Webinar to give specialty crop producers an overview of Arkansas Food Freedom Act
- December 18 – Morning AgClips – Upcoming Webinar to Address Farm Insurance
- December 19 – The Advertiser-Tribune – Webinar to address farm insurance
- December 20 – The Batesville Daily Guard – NALC attorneys will discuss foreign ownership as part of a panel at Land Expo event
- December 20 – Talk Business & Politics – Foreign land ownership to be discussed at national ag conference
- December 21 – The Pine Bluff Commercial – Community Briefs Dec. 21: Feral hogs on agenda for Tri-State forum
- December 21 – Stuttgart Daily Leader – Feral hogs, electronic grading, H2A on the agenda for 2024 Tri-State Soybean Forum set for Jan. 5 in Louisiana
- December 22 – The Pine Bluff Commercial – Community Briefs Dec. 22: Foreign land ownership expo topic
- December 22 – The Pine Bluff Commercial – Seminar to clarify Arkansas Food Freedom Act
- December 23 – Newton County Times – NALC’s Pittman, Brown featured in foreign ownership panel at national event
- December 23 – Newton County Times – Farm Bill, foreign ownership, WOTUS, drought among year’s top ag stories
- December 26 – High Plains Journal – Tri-State Soybean Forum will target feral hogs and H2A
- December 26 – The Batesville Daily Guard – Webinar: Can I sell this salsa?
- December 26 – KAIT News – Foreign land ownership to be discussed at national ag conference
- December 28 – The Daily Yonder – The Price of Picking Blueberries in Rural Maine
- December 29 – Lancaster Farming – From the Farm Bill to Avian Influenza, Here’s a Look Back at 2023’s Top Agriculture Stories: Foreign Ownership of Farms
- December 30 – Harrison Daily Times – Can I sell this salsa?
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