
NALC news release: Looking for an ag law speaker or resource? The NALC is here to help
- January 30, 2025
- Drew Viguet
By Drew Viguet, NALC Communications & Special Projects Coordinator As the nation’s leading source of agricultural and food law research and...

NALC news release: National Ag Law Center partners with NASDA Foundation on 2025 conferences
- January 17, 2025
- Drew Viguet
“We’re really excited to be able to offer both of these programs again, and especially to continue to grow them by...

The NALC Quarterly Newsletter: 4Q24
- January 14, 2025
- Drew Viguet
The National Agricultural Law Center compiles and publishes a quarterly newsletter highlighting recent and upcoming events and resources. The newsletter for...

UADA article — YEAREND: Corporate Transparency Act, Foreign Ownership, Chevron shift mark turbulent 2024
- December 17, 2024
- Drew Viguet
“2024 brought in some of the most consequential developments in ag law and policy in a long time.” — Harrison Pittman...

National Ag Law Center Bridges Initiative prioritizes career development for students
- December 3, 2024
- Drew Viguet
“It’s important that the ag industry has a consistent pipeline of talent, and the NALC Bridges Initiative is one part of...
State ag department leaders part of NALC’s 2025 Western Ag Conference
- November 22, 2024
- Drew Viguet
by Drew Viguet, NALC Communications & Special Projects Coordinator The 2025 Western Water, Ag, and Environmental Law Conference will include a...

October Monthly Roundup
- November 1, 2024
- Ramie Parsons
Roundup As October has ended, the staff at the National Agricultural Law Center continue to bring trusted research and information in...

Pittman testifies on ag research, technology at U.S. Senate hearing
- October 2, 2024
- Elizabeth
By Drew Viguet National Agricultural Law Center U of A System Division of Agriculture WHEATLAND, N.D. — The evolving arena of...
National Ag Law Center launches national stakeholder survey
- September 3, 2024
- Ramie Parsons
In the spirit of its valued research-based work, the National Agricultural Law Center has launched an online stakeholder survey to help...

‘Growing Careers’ webinar will focus on how to start, run ag law student associations
- August 26, 2024
- Ramie Parsons
“The goal of this webinar is to help drive interest in expanding existing student associations as well as starting new ones...

The Feed: Volume 2, Issue 16
- August 22, 2024
- Ramie Parsons
The Feed newsletter highlights recent legal developments affecting agriculture, with issues released twice a month. Click below to sign up for...

“Top Ten” Issues in Ag & Env Law: 2023 Edition
- December 21, 2023
- Elizabeth
In the world of agricultural law, 2023 was a year for significant developments and changes. In summary below, attorneys at the...

The Basics of the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2021 (S.B. 3229)
- February 10, 2022
- Elizabeth
Cattle prices have been of significant concern and focus in recent years, and especially so during the ongoing COVID pandemic. Federal...

Legal Checkup on Checkoffs: R-CALF in the Ninth Circuit
- September 14, 2021
- Elizabeth
In July of 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its latest and final decision in...

Legal Checkup on Checkoffs: R-CALF, States’ Beef Councils, and the Ongoing First Amendment Challenge to the Beef Checkoff
- March 16, 2021
- Elizabeth
Harrison Pittman Introduction On May 2, 2016 Ranchers-Cattlemen Legal Defense Fund, United Stockgrowers of America v. Vilsack, No. 4:16-cv-00041 (D. Mont....

Legal Checkup on Checkoffs: Beef Checkoff Basics
- January 27, 2021
- Elizabeth
Introduction The previous article in this Legal Checkup on Checkoff series, What is a Checkoff?, provided a basic overview of federal...

What is a Checkoff?
- January 7, 2021
- Brigit Rollins
Harrison M. Pittman This blog post is the first part of a “Legal Checkup on Checkoffs” series that will address...