Roundup

As January 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 January 2025.

Blog Posts

• FWS Proposes Listing the Monarch Butterfly as “Threatened” Under the ESA
• FDA Releases Final “Healthy” Rule
• Soil for Sale? State Legislative Efforts to Restrict Foreign Investments – Part One
• Soil for Sale? State Legislative Efforts to Restrict Foreign Investments – Part Two
• States Introduce Pesticide Liability Limitation Bills in 2025 Legislative Session

News Releases

• NALC news release: Jan. 15 webinar to discuss impact of 2024 elections on ag law, policy
• UADA article – The on-again, off-again Corporate Transparency Act has March 25 court date, but SCOTUS may get first crack
• NALC news release: Shipman: Impact of 2024 elections on agriculture ‘a lot to talk about’
• NALC news release: National Ag Law Center partners with NASDA Foundation on 2025 conferences
• UADA article – Win some, lose some, Corporate Transparency Act gets SCOTUS ruling, but injunction still in effect
• NALC news release: Legal experts to discuss Chevron doctrine, agency authority at Mid-South conference
• NALC news release: Looking for an ag law speaker or resource? The NALC is here to help

The Feed

• Volume 3, Issue 1
• Volume 3, Issue 2

Newsletter

• 4Q24

Publications

• Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land: FAQs & Resource Library (updated 1/13/25)
• Equine Activity state compilation (updated 1/21/25)

NALC Outreach

• Harrison Pittman, NALC Director
  • January 5 – Participated in a series of meetings with legislators interested in foreign ownership of agricultural land at SARL’s 2025 Legislative Ag Chairs Summit in Des Moines, IA
  • January 16-17 – In-person presentation on legal issues impacting the seed dealer industry at the Arkansas Seed Dealers Association meeting in Hot Springs, AR
  • January 21-22 – In-person presentation on the Endangered Species Act, pesticides, and a federal regulatory update at the Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association Convention in Peoria, IL
  • January 29-31 – In-person meetings with various stakeholders to provide updates on the Center in Washington, D.C.
• Elizabeth Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney
  • January 5 – Participated in a series of meetings with legislators interested in laws and proposals regarding food additives at SARL’s 2025 Legislative Ag Chairs Summit in Des Moines, IA
  • January 28 – Participated in television interview over zoom on cell-cultured meat for RFD-TV (video)
• Rusty Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney
  • January 3 – Participated in panel on Carbon Farming discussing carbon sequestration at SARL’s 2025 Legislative Ag Chairs Summit in Des Moines, IA
  • January 3 – Participated in panel on Solar and Agriculture discussing solar and agriculture at SARL’s 2025 Legislative Ag Chairs Summit in Des Moines, IA
  • January 23 – Online interview with Chrissy Wozniak on ag policy for North American Ag Spotlight: audio / video
  • January 30 – Participated in keynote panel on agritourism liability at AR Grown Conference in Hot Springs, AR
  • January 31 – Participated in keynote panel on landowner liability at AR Grown Conference in Hot Springs, AR
• Brigit Rollins, Staff Attorney
  • January 4 – Participated in panel about state efforts on water quality at SARL’s 2025 Legislative Ag Chairs Summit in Des Moines, IA
  • January 21 – In person presentation on legal issues in pesticides, focused heavily on EPA’s new policy on ESA compliance for FIFRA actions for the Arkansas Crop Management Conference in North Little Rock, AR

NALC Media Mentions

• January 2 – Pine Bluff Commercial – Ag law saw big change in ’24
• January 2 – Honolulu Civil Beat – Data Dive: Records Show Steep Rise In Foreign Ownership of Hawai’i Farmland
• January 3 – Magnolia Banner-News – Ag law saw big change in ’24
• January 6 – Stuttgart Daily Leader – Jan. 15 webinar to discuss impact of 2024 elections on ag law, policy
• January 6 – Arkansas Farm Bureau website – Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame to Add 6
• January 7 – Magnolia Reporter – January 15 webinar to discuss impact of 2024 elections on ag law, policy
• January 7 – Newton County Times – Webinar to discuss impact of 2024 elections on ag law, policy
• January 7 – Stuttgart Daily Leader – On-again, off-again Corporate Transparency Act has March 25 court date, but SCOTUS may get first crack
• January 8 – Hot Springs Sentinel-Record – Jan. 15 webinar to discuss impact of 2024 elections on ag law, policy
• January 8 – Pine Bluff Commercial – Court date set on transparency law
• January 8 – Magnolia Reporter – The on-again, off-again Corporate Transparency Act has March 25 court date, but SCOTUS may get first crack
• January 11 – Newton County Times – Jan. 15 webinar to discuss impact of 2024 elections on ag law, policy
• January 11 – Newton County Times – Corporate Transparency Act has March 25 court date
• January 14 – Lincoln Journal-Star – Pillen pushes Legislature to ban lab-grown meat in Nebraska
• January 15 – WATTAgNet – Expect new US administration to listen about HPAI vaccines
• January 22 – Magnolia Reporter – Impact of 2024 elections on agriculture “a lot to talk about”
• January 25 – Newton County Times – National Ag Law Center partners with NASDA Foundation on 2025 conferences
• January 26 – Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette – Sanders, legislators prepare to prohibit some foreign investments in Arkansas
• January 26 – Arkansas Democrat-Gazette – Sanders, legislators prepare to prohibit some foreign investments in Arkansas
• January 27 – Iowa Public Radio – Foreign ownership of U.S. farmland is still small but has increased, analysis shows
• January 27 – Stuttgart Daily Leader – Win some, lose some, Corporate Transparency Act gets SCOTUS ruling, but injunction still in effect
• January 28 – Indiana Capital Chronicle – Indiana bill would ban state contracts with foreign adversaries, give AG’s office more oversight
• January 28 – El Dorado News-Times – Sanders, legislators prepare to prohibit some foreign investments in Arkansas
• January 28 – RFD-TV – Two more states have bills addressing cell-cultured meat regulations
• January 28 – IPM News – Foreign ownership of U.S. farmland is still small but has increased, analysis shows
• January 28 – Farms.com – Foreign ownership of U.S. farmland is still small but has increased, analysis shows
• January 28 – Magnolia Banner-News – Sanders. legislators prepare to prohibit some foreign investments in Arkansas
• January 29 – Lebanon Reporter – Indiana bill would ban state contracts with foreign adversaries, give AG’s office more oversight