Monthly Roundup
As April 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 April 2025.
Blog Posts
- Restricting Investments “On Behalf Of” Foreign Entities: Utah Amends State Foreign Ownership Law
- Food Law in the States: 2025 Update
- Congress Seeks to Strengthen Oversight: Proposed Amendments to AFIDA
- Update on State Pesticide Liability Limitation Bills
- Soil for Sale? State Legislative Efforts to Restrict Foreign Investments – Part Seven
- Foreign Food Labeling Updates: EU Court of Justice Decisions
- Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Rescinding Definition of “Harm” Under ESA
News Releases
- NALC news release: Arkansas Ag Secretary Ward to present Mid-South conference keynote
- NALC news release: Planning ethically: Western conference session details estate planning in agriculture
- NALC news release: Borrower rights in the Farm Credit System focus of NALC webinar
- NALC news release: Ag Land and Money: Mid-South and Western conferences will highlight regional trends in ag land transactions
- NALC news release: Ag Debt in the West: Conference session will discuss navigating ag bankruptcy
- NALC news release: Two-year countdown: fate of the Colorado River on agenda at Western conference
- NALC news release: Solar leasing on agenda for NALC, NASDA Foundation’s Mid-South conference
- NALC news release: Water law sessions abound at NALC, NASDA Foundation’s Western Conference
- NALC news release: National Ag Law Center’s stakeholder survey closing April 30
- NALC news release: Agri-Pulse Communications, NALC strengthen collaborative efforts
- NALC news release: Take it to the bank: Session at annual Western conference to discuss water banking, leasing
The Feed
Newsletter
Webinars
Publications
- Cottage Food state compilation updated 4/9/2025
NALC Outreach
- Harrison Pittman, NALC Director
- April 15 – Joint in-person presentation on Farm Bill: Formation and Food System Implications for Kristen Gibson’s Savoring Discourse class at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
- April 16 – Online presentation to LUPRE Real Estate Committee on Foreign Ownership Laws & Developments via Zoom
- April 17 – In-person presentation on “Potential National Security Implications of Foreign Land/Business Ownership of and Around Critical Facilities” for Governors’ Homeland Security Advisors Council (GHSAC) Winter Meeting at FBI Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
- April 28 – In-person presentation on “History, Overview, & Discussion of Soybean Checkoff” at the State Soybean Executive Meeting in Oklahoma City, OK
- Elizabeth Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney
- April 1 – Participated in television interview over zoom on Iowa’s ag-gag law for RFD-TV
- April 15 – Joint in-person presentation on Farm Bill: Formation and Food System Implications for Kristen Gibson’s Savoring Discourse class at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
- April 16 – In-person presentation on Hot Topics in Food Law for Kristen Gibson’s Poultry Science 0133 class at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
- Rusty Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney
- April 1 – Online presentation on NALC resources, estate planning, bankruptcy and more for Southern Risk Management Education Center via Zoom.
- April 1 – In-person presentation on estate planning for Polk County Extension Service in Mena, AR
- April 14 – Online presentation on estate planning for the White County Extension Service in Searcy, AR via Zoom
- April 15 – Online presentation on the Farm Bill and where it could be going at Harvard University via Zoom
- Brigit Rollins, Staff Attorney
- April 15 – Joint in-person presentation on Farm Bill: Formation and Food System Implications for Kristen Gibson’s Savoring Discourse class at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
NALC Media Mentions
- April 1 – RFD Tv – Iowa’s Ag-Gag law was upheld and bans trespassers from using cameras in livestock facilities
- April 1 – YouTube – Iowa’s Ag-Gag law was upheld and bans trespassers from using cameras in livestock facilities
- April 1 – Ashley County Ledger – Former Gov. Hutchinson to Discuss Legal Ethics, Foreign Ownership at Mid-South Conference
- April 1 – Stuttgart Daily Leader – Former Arkansas Gov. Hutchinson to discuss legal ethics, foreign ownership at Mid-South conference
- April 2 – Stuttgart Daily Leader – Arkansas Ag Secretary Ward to present Mid-South conference keynote
- April 3 – Austin American-Statesman – Some Texans, civil rights groups alarmed by bill to ban certain migrants from owning land
- April 5 – Newton County Times – Arkansas Ag Secretary Ward to present Mid-South conference keynote
- April 5 – Pine Bluff Commercial – Community Briefs April 5: Ward to present Mid-South keynote
- April 7 – Farm Progress – Monarch butterfly may be heading to endangered list
- April 7 – NPR – There’s a growing call to restrict junk food purchases by SNAP users, but experts say it’s complex
- April 9 – Scranton Times-Tribune – Butterfly plan might not fly with farmers
- April 9 – Stuttgart Daily Leader – Ag land and money: Mid-South, Western conferences to highlight regional trends in ag land transactions
- April 10 – Farms.com – Insights on Ag Land Markets at Key Regional Conferences
- April 11 – Pine Bluff Commercial – Community Briefs April 11: Hutchinson to discuss ethics
- April 11 – AG Daily – Foreign land ownership faces increased scrutiny across states
- April 12 – North Dakota Monitor – Pesticide cancer claims at issue in bill headed for North Dakota Senate vote
- April 12 – Jonesboro Sun – Western conference session details estate planning in agriculture
- April 13 – Hot Springs Sentinel-Record – Planning ethically: Western conference session details estate planning in agriculture
- April 13 – Bismark Tribune – Pesticide cancer claims at issue in bill headed for North Dakota Senate vote
- April 14 – Farms.com – Farm Bankruptcy Cases Rise Across the US
- April 14 – Wisconsin Ag Connection – Farm Debt Relief in Focus This Summer
- April 14 – Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette – Delta duck hunting offers conservation solutions, but the ducks are disappearing
- April 16 – Stuttgart Daily Leader – Solar leasing on agenda for NALC, NASDA Foundation’s Mid-South conference
- April 16 – The Arkadelphian – Solar leasing on agenda for NALC, NASDA Foundation’s Mid-South conference
- April 17 – High Plains Journal – Fate of the Colorado River on agenda at Western conference
- April 19 – Newton County Times – Solar leasing on agenda for NALC, NASDA Foundation’s Mid-South conference
- April 19 – Newton County Times – Two-year countdown: fate of the Colorado River on agenda at Western conference
- April 23 – Talk Business & Politics – National Agricultural Law Center survey deadline looms
- April 23 – Stuttgart Daily Leader – National Ag Law Center’s stakeholder survey closing April 30
- April 24 – Iowa Capital Dispatch – North Dakota’s pesticide protection law a first for the US
- April 24 – High Plains Journal – Ag Land and Money: Mid-South and Western conferences will highlight regional trends in ag land transactions
- April 24 – North Dakota Monitor – North Dakota’s pesticide protection law a first for the US
- April 24 – Yahoo! News – North Dakota’s pesticide protection law a first for the US
- April 24 – Pine Bluff Commercial – Conference to host solar experts
- April 25 – Pine Bluff Commercial – Community Briefs April 25: Ag Law survey closing
- April 25 – Pine Bluff Commercial – Community Briefs April 26: Ag debt topic at conference
- April 27 – Jonesboro Sun – National Ag Law Center’s stakeholder survey closing April 30
- April 27 – Jonesboro Sun – Solar leasing on agenda for NALC, NASDA Foundation’s Mid-South conference
- April 29 – Brownfield Ag News – North Dakota the First State to Enact ‘Failure to Warn’ Law
- April 29 – 1430 WCMY – North Dakota the first state to enact ‘failure to warn’ law