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Category Archives: Weekly Round Up
May 3, 2019 Weekly Round Up
Happy May! Welcome to this week’s Agricultural Law Round Up. It’s been a busy couple of weeks, but I want to say welcome to those of you who I met presenting in Canadian, Burnet, and Kerrville! Here are some of the ag law stories in the news over the past couple of weeks. *Settlement offer in Maui County v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund could remove case from SCOTUS docket. This week, news broke that a settlement offer had been made by plaintiffs in the Maui County Clean Water Act case, which… Read More →
April 19, 2019 Weekly Round Up
Happy Friday and Happy Easter! Here are a few ag law stories in the news this week. *EPA Publishes “Interpretive Statement” on Applicability of Clean Water Act to Groundwater as Conduit. You may recall from this prior blog post the legal issue surrounding groundwater as a conduit. Basically, the question has arisen about whether the discharge of a point source pollutant into groundwater that is connected to a Water of the United States is withing the scope of the Clean Water Act. The Environmental Protection Agency issued an… Read More →
April 5, 2019 Weekly Round Up
Happy Friday and Happy April! It’s been a busy couple of weeks for me, with programs in Ft. Worth at the TSCRA Convention, Ranch Management University in College Station, online for a class at Mississippi State University, and the Lower Plains Crops Conference in Snyder. Welcome to those of you joining from each of these programs. We’re glad you’re here! Here are some of the ag law stories in the news this week. *Texas Senate passes eminent domain reform bill. Yesterday, the Texas Senate passed SB 421, sponsored… Read More →
March 22, 2019 Weekly Round Up
We’ve reached the end of another week. Happy Friday! Welcome to those of you that are new readers and subscribers to the Texas Agriculture Law Blog. A quick reminder about our upcoming Ranchers Leasing Workshop events in Nacogdoches, Burnet, and Perryton. These are great programs for anyone involved in an agricultural lease–grazing, haying, farming, hunting, livestock–as either a tenant or a landowner. Registration is easy and can be done by clicking here or by calling Valerie at (979)845-2604. For more information and to see our complete list of… Read More →
March 8, 2019 Weekly Round Up
Hello and happy Friday! We’re back with another weekly round up of the top agricultural law stories of the past two weeks. * North Carolina nuisance ruling appealed. Plaintiffs in the first North Carolina hog farm nuisance lawsuit have filed an appeal with the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. A number of agricultural groups, including the American and North Carolina Farm Bureau have filed an amicus brief on behalf of the plaintiffs arguing that the North Carolina Right to Farm law should have applied as… Read More →
February 8, 2019 Weekly Round Up
Happy Friday! I want to say a quick welcome to those of you who I met last week in East Texas when I spoke in Quitman, Hallsville and Kilgore. We’re excited to have you here. Here are a few of the ag law stories in the news over the last couple of weeks. *MFP Program deadline sign up extended through February 14. The deadline to signup for the Market Facilitation Program, frequently referred to as the tariff payment, at the FSA Office has been extended through February 14. Then,… Read More →
January 25, 2019 Weekly Round Up
Hello there! I’m not sure how it happened, but the month of January got away from me and I apologize for the lack of Weekly Round Up Posts. Several readers have contacted me to ask if I would be continuing these and the answer is yes, but they will likely be bi-weekly. Thank you for your kind comments about how you enjoy these posts. So far, January has been a fun month with several speaking events. I kicked things off lecturing at the King Ranch Institute for Ranch… Read More →
2018 Ag Law Year in Review
Well, it’s been quite a year for agricultural law! Looking back, it has been interesting to see the variety of legal issues that have come up in the last 365 days. From a major class action settlement by Syngenta to new electronic logging device rules to nuisance litigation in North Carolina, there are numerous issues of which agricultural producers should be aware. If you want to hear more about these topics, Paul Goeringer and I did a Year in Review joint podcast. You can listen here. {Since we… Read More →
December 14, 2018 Weekly Round Up
I didn’t think it was possible, but this may have been the busiest week for ag law news of the entire year! Here are some of the major stories making headlines this week. * Congress passes Farm Bill, now on President Trump’s desk. Congress has passed a new Farm Bill. The bill was approved by the Senate on Tuesday and was passed by a landslide–the most votes ever in favor of a Farm Bill–in the House on Wednesday. The bill is now on President Trump’s desk, and it is… Read More →
December 7, 2018 Weekly Round Up
This week, I spoke at my last event for 2018, the Swisher County Ag Day in Tulia. I want to thank all of you who have come to my programs this year–having the opportunity to speak with you is something I do not take for granted. To see where I’m headed in 2019, click here. Here are some of the ag law stories in the news this week. *Second judge finds EPA’s postponement of the 2015 WOTUS rule violates Administrative Procedures Act. Recall that the Environmental Protection Agency… Read More →