-
-
American Bar Association Web 100 Honoree
-
Texas Bar Today Top 10 Blog Posts
-
Tenth Anniversary Edition 100 BLAWG Honoree
-
Top 100 Blawg Winner 2015!
-
Top 100 Blawg Winner 2014!
-
View by Category
- "Ag Gag" Statutes
- AALA Conference
- Adverse Possession
- AQHA Cloning Lawsuit
- Big Data
- Business Entity Selection
- Carbon Contracts
- Checkoff Program Challenges
- Clean Water Act
- Contracts
- Dicamba
- Direct Beef Sales
- Dispute Resolution
- Drones
- Easements
- Eminent Domain
- Eminent Domain in Texas Series
- Employment/Labor Law
- Endangered Species Act
- Estate Planning
- Extension Publications
- Farm Animal Liability Act
- Farm Bill
- Federal Regulations
- Fence Law
- FOIA/PIA
- Food Safety
- Free Ag Law Resources
- GMO Labeling
- GMO Labeling and Reporting
- Hemp
- Horse Slaughter
- Immigration
- Insurance
- Land Values
- Landowner Liability
- Leases
- Lesser Prairie Chicken
- Lessons from My Agricultural Law Course
- Liens
- Local Fracking Bans
- Mental Health
- Oil and Gas Law
- Pesticide Drift
- Podcast
- Prescribed Burning
- Property Taxes
- Purchasing Property
- Questions from Tiffany's Desk
- Regulatory Takings
- Right to Farm laws
- SCOTUS Watch
- Seed Law
- Solar
- Special Use Valuation
- Surface Use Agreements
- Syngenta Litigation
- Tax Issues
- Texas Legislature
- Texas Supreme Court Decisions
- Texas Water Wars
- Transition Planning
- Uncategorized
- Undercover Video Situations
- United States Congress
- United States Supreme Court Decisions
- USDA Programs
- Water Law
- Water Pipeline Projects
- Weekly Round Up
- Wildfire
- Wind Energy Leasing
- WOTUS
- Year in Review
-
Archives
- August 2024
- July 2024
- June 2024
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
Monthly Archives: December 2013
Most Popular Stories of 2013
**This article is not a substitute for the advice of an attorney.** First off, we want to take the chance to thank all of Texas Agriculture Blog readers! This blog began with zero readers or subscribers at the end of June. Now, less than 6 months later, we have over 235 email subscribers and had over 1,800 readers last month. We appreciate your support! Please feel free to pass the website information on to others who might be interested. If you have any requests or suggestions for posts you would like to see… Read More →
Beaumont Court of Appeals Orders Landowner to Tear Down Gate
**This article is not a substitute for the advice of an attorney.** Two weeks ago, the Beaumont Court of Appeals issued a decision in Emmons v. Badanfriouz, a case involving a dispute between neighbors about whether a gate could be erected by one neighbor across an easement. This case provides insight for anyone entering into an express roadway easement as to key language that should be considered with regard to whether a gate may be built across the proposed easement. Background An express easement was granted by the Emmons’ predecessors in interest to the… Read More →
Merry Christmas from the Texas Agriculture Law Blog!
Merry Christmas from the Texas Agriculture Law Blog! I hope you are all enjoying time with your friends and family. Weekly Round Up will be back next week. For today, I will leave you with a newspaper clipping that I read earlier this week and really resonated with me. I think you all will enjoy!
San Antonio Court of Appeals Considers Royalties from Horizontal Well
**This article is not a substitute for the advice of an attorney.** Last Friday, the San Antonio Court of Appeals issued a decision in Springer Ranch, LTD . v. Jones, which involved the payment of royalties from a horizontal well. Although the case is fact-specific based upon a specific contractual agreement between the royalty holders, it provides interesting insight into issues that arise due to the use of horizontal drilling. Background In 1956, a landowner held 8,545 acres in Webb and La Salle counties. The landowner entered into a mineral lease with an… Read More →
December 20, 2013 Weekly Round Up
**This article is not a substitute for the advice of an attorney.** Here are some of the ag law-related stories making the news this week. * Dallas Passes Strict Fracking Limitation. The City of Dallas voted last week to impose one of the strictest fracking ordinances in the country, requiring oil wells to be 1500 feet away from “protected areas” including homes, schools, and churches. This ordinance greatly increases the set back distance, which currently is 300 feet. [Read article here.] * New York Times Article Focuses on Rio… Read More →
Breaking News: 10th Circuit Lifts Injunction in Horse Slaughter Case
As you may recall from this prior post, the plaintiffs in Front Range Equine Rescue v. Vilsack requested and received an emergency injunction in early November to prevent horse slaughter plants from being inspected pending appeal of the case to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. That injunction was lifted on Friday, December 13, 2013, allowing horse slaughter plants to move towards commencing operations. The Tenth Circuit lifted the injunction finding that the plaintiffs “failed to met their burden for an injunction pending appeal.” Specifically, the… Read More →
December 13, 2013 Weely Round Up
**This article is not a substitute for the advice of an attorney.** Earlier this week I was able to head south to Refugio to speak to producers about water law at a tri-county CEU Day with participants from Refugio, Bee and Goliad Counties. Welcome to the new readers from the presentation! It has been a busy week for ag law news. Here are some of the stories making headlines. Federal Rule Will Prevent Prosecution of Wind Companies for Killing Birds. In response to the Duke Energy settlement (which you read… Read More →
Update to Breaking News: United States’ Brief in Texas v. New Mexico
**This article is not a substitute for the advice of an attorney.** As mentioned yesterday, the Solicitor General filed a brief in the Supreme Court case between Texas and New Mexico. A copy of the brief can be found here. In the brief, Solicitor General takes the position that the Court should grant Texas’ Motion and allow the complaint to be filed because Texas “alleges an interstate dispute of sufficient importance to warrant this Court’s exercise of its original jurisdiction…” Further, the Solicitor General believes that “Texas has adequately pled an… Read More →
Breaking News: US Files Brief in Texas v. New Mexico Lawsuit
**This article is not a substitute for the advice of an attorney.** The Solicitor General, on behalf of the United States, filed a 33-page brief today in the Supreme Court battle over water between Texas and New Mexico. In April, the Supreme Court requested input from the United States on whether it should grant Texas’ motion to file a complaint and hear the case. Newspapers, including the Albuquerque Journal, are reporting that the brief takes a middle-ground approach by encouraging the Court to hear the case, but also by allowing New… Read More →
Duke Energy Pleads Guilty to Bird Deaths Caused by Wind Turbines
**This article is not a substitute for the advice of an attorney.** Duke Energy Corp. recently pled guilty under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to killing eagles and other birds at two Wyoming wind farms. Specifically, the company pled guilty to killing 14 eagles and 149 other birds at its wind farms located outside of Casper from 2009 to 2013. This case marked the first prosecution by the United States Department of Justice of a wind energy company for bird deaths pursuant to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, passed in 1918, which… Read More →