Roundup
As we begin a new month (and a new year!) and reflect on last month, 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 the month of December 2025.
Blog Posts
- WOTUS Update: EPA & Corps Propose New Definition
- Considerations for Seeking Grain Indemnity Funds
- FWS & NMFS Propose New ESA Rules
- Eleventh Circuit Upholds Florida’s Foreign Ownership Law
- “Top Ten” Issues in Ag & Env Law: 2025 Edition
- Food Law’s 2025 “Top Ten”
- United Farm Workers Challenges H-2A Rule
News Releases
No news releases in December 2025.
The Feed
Webinars
No webinars in December 2025
Publications
- overhaul of State Agritourism Statutes page
NALC Outreach
- Harrison Pittman, NALC Director
- December 4 – In-person presentation on the Farm Bill and tax provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act at the Arkansas Farm Bureau Annual Convention in Hot Springs, AR
- December 11 – Attended Arkansas Agricultural Council’s Annual Board meeting in Little Rock, AR
- Rusty Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney
- December 2 – In-person presentation on estate planning at an event hosted by Farm Credit of Western Arkansas in Lewisville, AR
- Emily Stone, Staff Attorney
- December 9-12 – National Young Farmers Educational Association Institute 2025 in Nashville, TN
NALC Media Mentions
- December 1 – High Plains Journal – Fellowship to focus on developing ag attorneys
- December 1 – Beyond Pesticides – The Endangered Species Act and Mother Earth in Jeopardy
- December 3 – AgriLife Today – FarmHope expands mental health care and education to ag industry
- December 5 – The Gilmer Mirror – FarmHope expands mental health care and education to ag industry
- December 8 – Beyond Pesticides – Group Calls for Opposition to Administration’s Narrowing of Critical Habitats for Endangered Species Protection
- December 8 – Stuttgart Daily Leader – Tri-State Soybean Forum returns to Arkansas
- December 9 – Pine Bluff Commercial – Community Briefs Dec. 9: Soybean Forum set at Dumas
- December 12 – Beef Magazine – Labeling claims webinars
- December 15 – MLive – Lethal and legal: Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson’s. They blame a deadly pesticide
- December 15 – Oklahoma Farm Report – Management Priority #1 – Take Care of Yourself
- December 18 – A-State News – A-State’s 32nd Annual Agribusiness Conference Set for Feb. 11
- December 18 – KAIT 8 News – A-State’s 32nd annual Agribusiness Conference set for Feb. 11
- December 19 – Wynne Progress – A-State’s 32nd annual Agribusiness Conference set for Feb.11
- December 20 – Arkansas Democrat-Gazette – Walmart’s McMillon lists the best business books he read in 2025; A-State sets date for 32nd ag conference
- December 20 – Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette – Walmart’s McMillon lists the best business books he read in 2025
- December 22 – Stuttgart Daily Leader – New year, new proposed WOTUS definition
- December 27 – Harrison Daily Times – New year, new proposed WOTUS definition
- December 29 – AgriLife Today – FarmHope workshop set for Jan. 12 in Lubbock
- December 30 – Stuttgart Daily Leader – Farmland ownership, WOTUS, pesticide labeling issues among top agricultural law stories of 2025