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January Monthly Roundup

 Roundup As January has ended, the staff at the National Agricultural Law Center continue to bring trusted research and information in...

Soil for Sale? State Legislative Efforts to Restrict Foreign Investments – Part Two

by NALC staff Since January 2021, the majority of states have proposed at least one piece of legislation to prohibit or...

Soil for Sale? State Legislative Efforts to Restrict Foreign Investments – Part One

by NALC staff Since January 2021, the majority of states have proposed at least one piece of legislation to prohibit or...

December Monthly Roundup

 Roundup As December and 2024 have ended, the staff at the National Agricultural Law Center continue to bring trusted research and...

UADA article — YEAREND: Corporate Transparency Act, Foreign Ownership, Chevron shift mark turbulent 2024

“2024 brought in some of the most consequential developments in ag law and policy in a long time.” — Harrison Pittman...

NALC news release: Federal judge puts Arkansas foreign ownership restrictions on hold

The preliminary injunction applies to the plaintiffs in Jones Eagle LLC v. Arkansas Department of Agriculture. By Drew Viguet National Agricultural...

The Feed: Vol. 2, Issue 23

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Federal Judge Halts Enforcement of Arkansas’ Foreign Ownership Restrictions

Recently, Jones Eagle, LLC, a data center business operating to mine digital assets, such as cryptocurrency, filed a lawsuit (Jones Eagle...

The Feed: Vol. 2, Issue 20

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Focusing on Foreign Investments: Congressional Considerations on Evaluating Foreign Acquisitions in U.S. Agriculture

Over the past decade, foreign investments in U.S. agricultural land have grown. At the start of 2023, foreign persons held an...

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Focusing on Foreign Investments: Congress Aims to Add Agriculture to CFIUS

On September 11, 2024, the House passed the Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 (H.R. 9456) which seeks...

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Limits on Land Acquisitions: Three States Amend Their Foreign Ownership Laws

Since January 2024, the majority of states have proposed at least one piece of legislation to prohibit or restrict foreign investments...

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Eleventh Circuit Narrowly Blocks Florida From Enforcing Foreign Ownership Law

On February 1, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit granted a partial injunction in favor of two...

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Who Owns the Ag Land? Congress Considering Changes to the Federal Reporting Regime

On January 25, 2024, Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced the AFIDA Improvements Act of 2024 (S. 3666) which seeks to amend...

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The Feed: Volume 2, Issue 2

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USDA Proposes Updates to Foreign Held Agricultural Land Reporting

Recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (“USDA”) announced that it is seeking public feedback—due by February 16, 2024—on how foreign persons...

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The Feed: Volume 2, Issue 1

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Who Owns the Business? Corporate Transparency Act and Foreign Entity Disclosures

As previously discussed, the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (“AFIDA”) (7 U.S.C. §§ 3501–3508) contains reporting requirements mandating that certain foreign...

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The Feed: Volume 1, Issue 23

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Spotlighting State Restrictions on Foreign Land Investments: Louisiana – Part Two

The Louisiana Constitution permits “[e]very person…the right to acquire, own, control, use,…private property.” La. Const. Ann. art. I, § 4. However,...

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