Texas Agriculture Law
Happy New Year! We are back from the holiday and ready to kick off 2025 with a round up of recent ag law stories in the news. We know many of you have been dealing with frigid winter weather, and we hope you are all staying warm and safe! *Corporate Transparency Act ping pong. If you are a subscriber to this blog, you saw multiple posts over the holiday as the status of the Corporate Transparency Act changed multiple times. On December 23, 2024, the United States Court… Read More →
Each year, we take a look back at our most popular content of 2024 across our various platforms. Texas Agriculture Law Blog Drumroll please…our top 5 most popular blog posts for 2024 are: Renew Your Ag Timber Number Now! Our most popular post for 2024 involved a January 1, 2024, deadline for Texas producers to renew their ag timber numbers. Having an ag timber number allows producers and landowners to be exempt from paying sales taxes on the purchase of certain products used in the course of their… Read More →
*Update: On January 23, 2025, the United States Supreme Court lifted the nationwide injunction in Texas Top Cop Shop, LLC v. Garland. However, a nationwide injunction entered by the United States District Court for the District of Texas remains in place in a separate case, Smith v. US Department of Treasury. In ight of that, at this time the reporting deadlines are not in place and the requirement is not being enforced. For the most up to date information, click here. In what feels a bit like… Read More →
*Update: On January 23, 2025, the United States Supreme Court lifted the nationwide injunction in Texas Top Cop Shop, LLC v. Garland. However, a nationwide injunction entered by the United States District Court for the District of Texas remains in place in a separate case, Smith v. US Department of Treasury. In ight of that, at this time the reporting deadlines are not in place and the requirement is not being enforced. For the most up to date information, click here. Santa Claus is not the only one… Read More →
Last week, we published our national 2024 Ag Law Year in Review. Today, we will focus a little closer to home on the biggest agricultural law related stories here in Texas. Ownership of produced water pending before Texas Supreme Court. In my mind, the most important legal issue for Texans in 2024 involves the ownership of produced water. This issue was raised in Cactus Water Services, LLC v. COG Operating, LLC and this case has important implications for Texas landowners. Produced water is the water that is extracted along… Read More →
We have reached our final Weekly Round Up of 2024. We would like to take a moment to thank all of you who read the Texas Agriculture Law Blog. We appreciate your support of our work and your interest in agricultural law. With that, let’s jump into the stories in the news the past couple of weeks. *”The path forward is not remotely clear” on aid package for agriculture. Congress has gone back to the drawing board on a spending bill that would fund the government and include… Read More →
As 2024 comes to a close, let’s take a look back at some of the biggest agricultural law stories across the United States. If you want to hear more about these issues, click here for a podcast episode I did with Paul Goeringer. US Supreme Court Overturns Chevron Deference. It seems likely that nearly every legal year in review, regardless of the specific focus, will include the United States Supreme Court decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. This decision will have broad implications for all industries, including… Read More →
The year may be winding down, but the ag law news is not! Let’s get caught up. * Corporate Transparency Act reporting put on hold by injunction. On Monday, we published our blog post reminding you of the upcoming beneficial ownership reporting deadline under the Corporate Transparency Act. On Tuesday, a federal judge issued a nationwide injunction pausing the law and the deadlines after finding it likely that plaintiffs would succeed on the merits of their lawsuit. [Read Order here.] You have to admit, ag law is exciting! *Brooke… Read More →
*Update: On January 23, 2025, the United States Supreme Court lifted the nationwide injunction in Texas Top Cop Shop, LLC v. Garland. However, a nationwide injunction entered by the United States District Court for the District of Texas remains in place in a separate case, Smith v. US Department of Treasury. In ight of that, at this time the reporting deadlines are not in place and the requirement is not being enforced. For the most up to date information, click here. As 2024 draws to a close, there… Read More →
You asked, and we answered! For the past several years, we have hosted our live “Where’s the Beef?” direct beef sales programs around Texas. We have had several hundred participants attend, and 100% of them say they would recommend this course to a friend. However, we know that not everyone has the ability to take time away to attend the live courses, and we are unable to host these everywhere that has shown an interest in the topic. Many of you have been asking for years for an… Read More →
