Ag and Food Law Update – Page 18 – National Agricultural Law Center

The Ag & Food Law Update

WOTUS Update: 2023 Rule Enjoined in 27 States

Update: On May 10, 2023, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling enjoining the 2023 WOTUS rule in the...

Idaho Enacts Law Limiting Foreign Investments in Agricultural Land

On April 3, 2023, Idaho Governor Brad Little signed into law House Bill 173 (“H 173”) which seeks to restrict certain...

Utah Enacts Law Prohibiting Certain Foreign Investments in Land

On March 13, 2023, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed into law House Bill 186 (“HB 186”)—also known as the “Restrictions on...

State Proposals on Restricting Foreign Ownership of Farmland: Part Four

In the past two years or so, as discussed in the first article of this series, the issue of restricting foreign...

WOTUS Update: 2022 WOTUS Rule Faces Legal Challenges

In late December 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its long-anticipated final rule to redefine the term “waters of the...

Virginia’s Attempt to Restrict Foreign Agricultural Land Investments

Virginia is likely to join fourteen other states that restrict or limit foreign landholdings in land, specifically agricultural land, within their...

Judge Issues Ruling in Klamath River Dispute

On February 6, 2023, a federal judge in California issued a ruling concluding that the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) preempted an...