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Resources at a Glance: Foreign Ownership of Ag Land

Subject Matter Experts     Micah Brown Harrison Pittman Staff Attorney Center Director (479) 222-2507 (479) 575-7640 mrb021@uark.edu hmpittm@uark.edu   General...

Recent Federal and State Heat Safety Proposals

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, between 2011 and 2021, there were 436 work-related deaths attributed to environmental heat exposure....

USDA Provides Additional Round of Debt Relief Payments to “Distressed” Farm Borrowers

In August 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) announced it is providing $530 million in additional financial assistance for certain...

Landowners Question Authority of Agency Adjudication

In April 2023, the Pacific Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit on behalf of Thomas and Amy Villegas against the Environmental Protection...

USDA Publishes Final Dairy Donation Program Rule

The United States Department of Agriculture is responsible for several risk management tools for the dairy industry, including donation programs such...

Federal Judge Decides Not to Halt Enforcement of Florida’s Foreign Ownership Law

In May 2023, a group of Chinese citizens living in Florida and a real estate brokerage firm—whose clients are primarily Chinese...

WOTUS Update: EPA Revises 2023 Rule in Light of Sackett Decision

On August 29, 20213, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released an updated version of its 2023 rule to define the crucial...

Florida’s Newly Enacted Foreign Ownership Law: Part Two

On May 8, 2023, Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Senate Bill 264 (“SB 264”) (codified Fla. Stat. Ann. §§ 692.201-205),...

States File Suit Over E10 Biofuels

On August 7, 2023, the states of Iowa and Nebraska filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to challenge...

Senate Votes to PASS a Foreign Ownership Law

On July 25, 2023, the Senate voted 91-7 to include an amendment—introduced by Senators Jon Tester (D-MT) and Mike Rounds (R-SD)...

NEPA Set for Regulatory Revisions

The Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”), the federal agency responsible for administering the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), has released the...

Florida’s Newly Enacted Foreign Ownership Law: Part One

On May 8, 2023, Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Senate Bill 264 (“SB 264”) (codified Fla. Stat. Ann. §§ 692.201-205),...

FWS, NMFS Issue Proposed Rules to Modify Remaining Trump Administration Regulations

During the Trump administration, multiple environmental statutes were subject to regulatory changes, some of them for the first time in decades....

Plaintiffs Challenging Florida’s Foreign Ownership Law Seek to Halt Enforcement

Recently, a group of Chinese citizens living in Florida and Multi-Choice Realty, a Florida-based real estate brokerage firm, have filed a lawsuit (Shen...

EPA Faces Treated Seeds Lawsuit

In 2017, several environmental groups petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to close what the groups described as a “loophole” that...

State Proposals on Restricting Foreign Ownership of Farmland: Part Seven

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

Environmental Groups Challenge EPA Approval of Enlist One and Enlist Duo

On June 6, 2023, a coalition of environmental and agricultural labor groups lead by the Center for Food Safety filed a...

Florida’s New Foreign Ownership Law Is Facing Legal Challenge: Part Two

Recently, a group of Chinese citizens living in Florida and a real estate brokerage firm—whose clients are primarily Chinese and Chinese...

Florida’s New Foreign Ownership Law Is Facing Legal Challenge: Part One

Recently, a group of Chinese citizens living in Florida and a real estate brokerage firm—whose clients are primarily Chinese and Chinese...

WOTUS Update: U.S. Supreme Court Revisits Wetlands Jurisdiction Under the CWA

On May 25, 2023, the United States Supreme Court released their highly-anticipated opinion in Sackett v. EPA, U.S. (2023), a lawsuit...