Agritourism is one of the fastest growing agricultural endeavors in the country.  As part of an ongoing focus on agritourism operations the Center has updated their collection of state agritourism statutes.  This includes adding states that have recently passed these statutes and revising states that have amended their statutes during the past couple of years.

Like many state laws, these statutes tend to vary from state to state which makes it important to review each statute individually.  Typically, these statutes reduce the legal duty of agritourism operators to participants that are injured by some “inherent risk” associated with the agricultural operation. The effectiveness of these statutes vary considerably and so do the topics that the statutes address.  For more information please visit our Agritourism Reading Room or our revised Agritourism State Compilation.

For questions on legal issues involving agritourism please contact Staff Attorney Rusty Rumley at rrumley@uark.edu.