{"id":14211,"date":"2025-11-10T08:35:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T14:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/?p=14211"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:09:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:09:01","slug":"2025-resource-and-land-use-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2025\/11\/10\/2025-resource-and-land-use-update\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Resource and Land Use Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I was honored to present the 2025 Resource and Land Use Update at the American Agricultural Law Association Conference with my friend and mentor, Jesse Richardson.\u00a0 We worked to find the most important cases decided this year across the country related to topics like agritourism, water law, oil and gas, right to farm, takings, renewable energy, and more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14213 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2025\/11\/jesse-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2025\/11\/jesse-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2025\/11\/jesse-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2025\/11\/jesse-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2025\/11\/jesse-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2025\/11\/jesse-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2025\/11\/jesse-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What cases made our list?\u00a0 You can find out:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2025\/11\/2025-LAND-USE-AND-RESOURCE-LAW-UPDATE.pdf\">2025 LAND USE AND RESOURCE LAW UPDATE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Are you interested in learning more about the American Agricultural Law Association? Reach out to me or check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aglaw-assn.org\/\">AALA website<\/a>. Go ahead and get your calendars marked for our 2026 Conference in Dallas, Texas on November 5-7, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I was honored to present the 2025 Resource and Land Use Update at the American Agricultural Law Association Conference with my friend and mentor, Jesse Richardson.\u00a0 We worked to find the most important cases decided this year across the country related to topics like agritourism, water law, oil and gas, right to farm, takings, renewable energy, and more. 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