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 2024.

Blog Posts

• Regulation of Food for GLP-1 Drug Users: Off-Label Advertisements
• Can solar energy and ag coexist? August 21 webinar takes up ‘agrivoltaics’
• Armed to Farm programs help military veterans, establish connections
• Farm Bill 2024: Themes in the Proposed Energy and Miscellaneous Titles
• EPA Releases Draft Insecticide Strategy
• FSIS Proposed Salmonella Framework for Raw Poultry Products
• Third Circuit Rules Failure to Warn Claims Preempted by FIFRA
• ‘Growing Careers’ webinar will focus on how to start, run ag law student associations
• Food Labeling: What are Third-Party Certifications?

The Feed

• Volume 2, Issue 15
• Volume 2, Issue 16

Webinars

• August 21 – Can Agriculture and Solar Co-Exist? Exploring the Promise and Challenge of Agrivoltaics

NALC Outreach

• Harrison Pittman, NALC Director
  • August 12 – In-person presentation on ‘Current and Emerging Issues Impacting the Future of the Ag Industry’ at Farm Credit 2024 Executive Summit in Omaha, NE.
  • August 15 – Testified at the field hearing ‘Perspectives on the Future of Agriculture Research and Technology’ for the U.S. Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee about NALC, several legal issues in the technology and research space, and held a Q&A from Senators in Wheatland, ND (recorded hearing here)
  • August 28 – Online presentation about NALC, hot topics in agricultural law, and careers in agricultural law to the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Industries Ag Youth Council.
• Elizabeth Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney
  • August 5 – In-person presentation on Replenishing Rural Practice at Cultivating Connections Conference in Columbus, OH.
• Rusty Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney
  • August 1 – In-person presentation on landowner liability at Armed to Farm event in IA.
  • August 5 – Online presentation on the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act for University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff
  • August 6 – In-person presentation on administrative law, solar leasing, and pesticides for AgLaw Update in Pensacola, FL
  • August 8 – In-person presentation on administrative law, Prop 12 and the Corporate Transparency Act at the 2024 Georgia Farm Bureau Commodity Conference in Tifton, GA.
  • August 15 – In-person presentation on landowner liability, zoning, and business entities at Armed to Farm in Harrisonburg, VA.
  • August 21 – In-person presentation on the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act at Center for AR Farms and Food at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
  • August 28 – In-person presentation on the usage of pesticides and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act at Center for AR Farms and Food at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

NALC Media Mentions

• August 6 – The Pinnacle Gazette – Republican States Intensify Push Against Lab-Grown Meat
• August 7 – Morning Ag Clips – OSU Hosts Gathering of Farm Transition Planning Professionals
• August 8 – Pine Bluff Commercial – Community Briefs Aug 8
• August 9 – Colorado Politics – Committee shows renewed interest in measure to restrict foreign ownership of Colorado agricultural land
• August 9 – Stuttgart Daily Leader – Armed to Farm programs help military veterans, establish connections
• August 9 – Wisconsin Ag Connection – Support for veterans to begin successful farming ventures
• August 10 – Newton County Times – Can solar energy and ag coexist? August 21 webinar takes up ‘agrivoltaics’
• August 10 – Newton County Times – Armed to Farm programs help military veterans, establish connections
• August 10 – Pine Bluff Commercial – Community Briefs Aug. 10
• August 12 – Malvern Daily Record – Armed to Farm programs help military veterans, establish connections
• August 13 – The Arkadelphian – Armed to Farm programs help military veterans, establish connections
• August 14 – Harrison Daily Times – Armed to Farm helps veterans, establish connections
• August 15 – U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry Newsroom – Ranking Member Boozman’s Prepared Opening Statement at Ag Appropriations Subcommittee Field Hearing on Ag Research and Technology
• August 15 – Arkansas Advocate – Collaboration, government efficiency highlight US Senate agriculture panel hearing in North Dakota
• August 15 – Valley News Live – Field hearing at Grand Farm focuses on agricultural technology
• August 18 – The Hot Springs Sentinel-Record – Aug. 21 webinar takes up ‘agrivoltaics’
• August 18 – Knox Radio – Government Efficiency Highlight U.S. Senate Committee Hearing at Grand Farm
• August 19 – Morning Ag Clips – Weather, Economy, Politics Topics at GFB Commodity Conference
• August 23 – Successful Farming – Is America’s No. 1 Corn Export Market at Risk?
• August 28 – Stuttgart Daily Leader – ‘Growing Careers’ webinar will focus on how to start, run ag law student associations
• August 28 – Morning Ag Clips – 2024 Pennsylvania Agricultural Law Symposium
• August 29 – Farm Progress – Armed to Farm program empowers veterans that want to farm
• August 31 – Lexington Clipper-Herald – Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen to put the heat on ‘fake’ meat with labeling, procurement restrictions