• January 10, 2023
• Elizabeth

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

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• December 13, 2022
• Elizabeth

Ownership of U.S. land, specifically agricultural lands, by foreign persons or entities has been an issue that traces to the origins...

• Focusing on Foreign InvestmentForeign OwnershipLand OwnershipMicah Brown

• November 29, 2022
• Elizabeth

Over the past few years, federal and state lawmakers have become increasingly concerned about foreign investments in U.S. agricultural land. While...

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• November 15, 2022
• Elizabeth

Over the past few years, federal and state lawmakers have become increasingly concerned about foreign investments in U.S. agricultural land. While...

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• November 1, 2022
• Elizabeth

Over the past decade, foreign investments in agricultural land have grown. At the start of 2021, foreign persons held an interest...

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• September 20, 2022
• Elizabeth

Recently, California’s state legislature passed a bill (SB 1084) that is aimed at restricting foreign ownership of agricultural land within the...

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• January 18, 2022
• Elizabeth

Recently, an Alabama state lawmaker proposed a bill (S.B. 14) that is aimed at restricting foreign ownership of agricultural land within...

• Focusing on Foreign InvestmentForeign OwnershipLand OwnershipMicah Brown

• January 4, 2022
• Elizabeth

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE.                                                                                                                                                 Judicial: Removal,...

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• December 20, 2021
• Elizabeth

In the world of agricultural law, 2021 was a year for significant developments and changes.  Below, attorneys at the National Agricultural...

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• July 17, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE & FARM SANCTUARY, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & FOOD SAFETY INSPECTION SERVICE, Defendants., No....

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• January 17, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL:  IN RE: SANDERSON AND KOCH BROILER CHICKEN GROWER LITIGATION, No. 7:18-CV-31-D, 2019 WL 206094 (E.D.N.C. Jan. 15, 2019) On February 21,...

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• August 13, 2018
• Elizabeth

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. ANNOUNCEMENT:  Mark your calendar...

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• July 26, 2018
• Elizabeth

Ag & Food Law Update: Second Quarter 2018 In the second quarter of 2018, there were a number of significant legal...

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• February 13, 2018
• Elizabeth

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE.  ANNOUNCEMENT: Mark your calendar for...

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• August 31, 2017
• Elizabeth

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE.  ANNOUNCEMENT: Join us Wednesday, September...

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• May 17, 2017
• Elizabeth

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. ANNOUNCEMENT: Join us TODAY at 12...

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• March 7, 2017
• Elizabeth

A comprehensive summary of legislative developments in agriculture by state. Email important additions to: camarigg at uark.edu PENDING STATE AG LEGISLATION: AK HB 155:...

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• October 12, 2016
• Elizabeth

Earlier this year, plaintiffs in North Dakota, including the North Dakota Farm Bureau, filed suit claiming the state’s ban on corporate...

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• June 6, 2016
• Elizabeth

Per agweb, the North Dakota Farm Bureau filed a lawsuit last week seeking to have the state’s longstanding anti-corporate farming law...

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• March 19, 2015
• Elizabeth

Posted March 19, 2015 House lawmakers voted to relax North Dakota’s anti-corporate farming law, which could set the precedent for non-family...

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