Roundup
As July has ended, the 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 July 2025.
Blog Posts
- Cottage Food Laws: Recent Trends and Major State Changes
- A New Era in Texas Real Estate: Foreign Investment Restriction Under New State Law
- State Level “MAHA” Movement: New Texas and Louisiana Laws
- Challenge to California’s Hen Housing Laws
- One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Nutrition Title
- One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Resource Roundup
- Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of NEPA Review
- House Passes Legislation to Increase Monitoring of Certain Foreign Investments
News Releases
- NALC news release: Legal experts to explore Western water markets during NALC webinar
- NALC news release: NALC Concludes 2025 Mid-South and Western Conferences
- NALC news release: NALC’s Pittman discusses foreign investments in U.S. land on C-SPAN
The Feed
Quarterly Newsletter
Webinars
Publications
- July 11 – Ownership of Agricultural Land state compilation update
NALC Outreach
- Harrison Pittman, NALC Director
- July 11 – Live interview via Zoom with Greta Brawner on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal discussing foreign investments in U.S. land. Link to interview: https://rebrand.ly/pittman-cspan-07112025
- July 18 – In-person presentation on “MAHA and Agriculture: Overview, Update, & Looking Ahead” at the 2025 Arkansas Farm Bureau’s Officers and Leaders Conference in Rogers, AR.
- July 24 – In-person presentation on “State of Play on USDA Reorganization, Foreign Ownership, & Pesticides” at the 2025 Southern Crop Protection Association’s Annual Meeting in Jacksonville, FL
- July 30 – In-person presentation on “State and Federal Checkoff Landscape” at the Indiana Ag Policy Summit for the Indiana Soybean Alliance and Indiana Corn Growers Association in Lebanon, IN
- Elizabeth Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney
- July 14 – In-person keynote address on agricultural law as it affects poultry production, processing research, marketing, and regulatory activities at the 2025 Poultry Science Association Annual meeting in Raleigh, NC
- Rusty Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney
- July 7 – In-person presentation on ag labor at the Center for Arkansas Farms and Food at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR
- July 28 – In-person presentation on landowner liability at the Center for Arkansas Farms and Food at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR
- Brigit Rollins, Staff Attorney
- July 31 – In-person joint presentation on “MAHA and ESA Update” at the 2025 Northeast Rice and Research and Extension Center Rice and Row Crop Field Day in Harrisburg, AR
- Emily Stone, Staff Attorney
- July 31 – In-person joint presentation on “MAHA and ESA Update” at the 2025 Northeast Rice and Research and Extension Center Rice and Row Crop Field Day in Harrisburg, AR
NALC Media Mentions
- July 1 – Brownfield Ag News – Supreme Court Still Quiet on Roundup Request
- July 1 – 1430 WCMY – Supreme Court still quiet on Roundup request
- July 8 – Bloomberg – US Acts on Foreign Ownership of Farmland Amid China Tension
- July 8 – Yahoo! Finance – US Acts on Foreign Ownership of Farmland Amid China Tension
- July 8 – Capital Press – USDA targets Chinese-owned farmland
- July 8 – WJBC-The Voice of Central Illinois – Sen. Tuberville to Newsmax: Applaud USDA Efforts to Keep US Land
- July 9 – Reuters – US farm secretary says ‘no amnesty’ for farmworkers from deportation
- July 9 – Pine Bluff Commercial – Community Briefs July 9: Water webinar to highlight methods
- July 9 – Stuttgart Daily Leader – Legal experts to explore Western water markets during NALC webinar
- July 9 – Farm Progress – Trump administration tightens grip on foreign-owned U.S. farmland
- July 9 – Hawaii Tribune-Herald – US farm secretary says ‘no amnesty’ for farmworkers from deportation
- July 9 – The Business Standard – US farm secretary says ‘no amnesty’ for farmworkers from deportation
- July 10 – The Korea Herald – US acts on foreign ownership of farmland amid China tension
- July 11 – C-SPAN Classroom – Video Clip: Clip of Harrison Pittman on Foreign Holdings of U.S. Farmland
- July 11 – Stuttgart Daily Leader – NALC’s Pittman discusses foreign investments in U.S. land on C-SPAN
- July 12 – Newton County Times – Legal experts to explore Western water markets during NALC webinar
- July 12 – Jonesboro Sun – NALC’s Pittman discusses foreign investments in U.S. land on C-SPAN
- July 15 – Morning Ag Clips – Topics, Speakers, Tours Finalized for ASAC 2025 Annual Conference
- July 16 – Stuttgart Daily Leader – Rice for beer, Endangered Species Act, economic outlook talks supplement field tours for July 31 field day in NE Arkansas
- July 16 – Brownfield News – Cage-Free Suit Prompts Prop 12 Questions
- July 16 – Sioux County Radio – Cage-free suit prompts Prop 12 questions
- July 17 – Wynne Progress – Rice for beer, Endangered Species Act, economic outlook talks supplement field tours for July 31 field day in NE Arkansas
- July 19 – CropLife – ASAC Conference 2025: Tackling Today’s Top Ag Issues in Indianapolis
- July 19 – Hoosier Ag Today – Gov. Mike Braun, ISDA Director Don Lamb Among Featured Speakers at Indiana Ag Policy Summit
- July 23 – Farm Progress – How to report herbicide injury
- July 24 – KRMG 102.3 Tulsa’s News & Talk – The Environmental Protection Agency wants to bring back the weed killer dicamba
- July 24 – WRAL News – The Environmental Protection Agency wants to bring back the weed killer dicamba
- July 24 – WWBL The Bullet – Governor and ISDA Director to Speak with Farmers at Policy Summit
- July 24 – Daily News-Record (Harrisonburg, VA) – The Environmental Protection Agency wants to bring back the weed killer dicamba
- July 24 – Hoosier Ag Today – Governor and ISDA Director to Speak with Farmers at Policy Summit
- July 24 – The Winnipeg Sun – The Environmental Protection Agency wants to bring back the weed killer dicamba
- July 24 – Yahoo! News – The Environmental Protection Agency wants to bring back the weed killer dicamba
- July 25 – Al Arabiya English – The Environmental Protection Agency wants to bring back the weed killer dicamba
- July 25 – The Parkersburg News and Sentinel – Environmental Protection Agency wants to bring back the weed killer dicamba
- July 25 – KRCG 13 – The Environmental Protection Agency wants to bring back the weed killer dicamba
- July 25 – NBC 4 Washington – Trump’s EPA wants to re-approve a twice-banned weed killer linked to some cancers
- July 25 – Food Manufacturing – The Environmental Protection Agency Wants to Bring Back the Weed Killer Dicamba
- July 26 – KPC News – ASAC conference to take place in Indianapolis
- July 26 – The Lockhaven Express – The Environmental Protection Agency wants to bring back the weed killer dicamba
- July 30 – Wynne Progress – Field Day returns tomorrow to NRREC with tours, seminars, lunch program
- July 30 – farmdoc daily (Illinois.edu) – Support Price, Cost of Production, and the 21st Century
NALC Partners
The Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law
Webinars
- July 8 – Jackie Schweichler, Opening the Farm Gates: ADA Accessibility for Agritourism Guests, NAFDMA International Agritourism Association
- July 15 – Quarterly Dairy Legal Webinar
- Presentations
- Brook Duer, 2005 Federal Milk Marketing Order Reforms, Quarterly Dairy Legal Webinar – provided as part of CASL Quarterly Dairy Legal Webinar series
- Chloe Marie, Dairy Legal Developments During 2nd Quarter of 2025, Quarterly Legal Webinar – provided as part of CASL Quarterly Dairy Legal Webinar series
- Metrics
- Registered: 92; Attended: 61
- Presentations
- July 25 – Jackie Schweichler, Understanding the Basics of ADA Compliance on Agritourism Operations, part of Understanding Agricultural Law webinar series presented by Center for Agricultural and Shale Law in partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Business Development Center.
- Registered: 97; Attended: 67
Publications
- Agritourism Virtual Resource Room
- Brook Duer, Why Aren’t PFAS in Land-Applied Biosolids Regulated by EPA? Lancaster Farming (July 14, 2025)
Agricultural Law Weekly Review/Shale Law Weekly Review:
- Agricultural Law Weekly Review – July 1, 2025
- Metrics:
- Subscribers: 534; Open rate: 48%; Click rate: 6%
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- Agricultural Law Weekly Review – July 8, 2025
- Metrics:
- Subscribers: 534; Open rate: 50%; Click rate: 25%
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- Agricultural Law Weekly Review – July 15, 2025
- Metrics:
- Subscribers – 530; Open rate – 37%; Click rate – 11%
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- Agricultural Law Weekly Review – July 22, 2025
- Metrics:
- Subscribers – 529; Open rate – 37%; Click rate – 12%
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- Agricultural Law Weekly Review – July 29, 2025
- Metrics:
- Subscribers – 528; Open rate – 34%; Click rate – 8%
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- Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of July 7, 2025
- Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of July 14, 2025
- Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of July 21, 2025
- Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of July 28, 2025
Podcasts
- None this month
YouTube Videos
- Brook Duer, Understanding Pennsylvania’s Clean & Green Program: County-Level Administration
- Brook Duer, 2025 Federal Milk Marketing Order Reforms
- Chloe Marie, July 2025 Quarterly Dairy Legal Webinar: Industry Round Up
Media Inquiries/Citations:
- Dan Nephin, Mountville Couple Claims Lawncare Company’s Spraying Harmed Organic Garden, Lancaster Farming (July 12, 2025) (quoting Brook Duer)
- Reid Frazier, Court Rules Against Allegheny County Township that Allowed Fracking Near Homes, Allegheny Front (July 2, 2025) (quoting Ross Pifer)
- Philip Gruber, Attorney Doubts Merit of Trump Egg Lawsuit Against California, Lancaster Farming (July 6, 2025) (quoting Audry Thompson)