{"id":14334,"date":"2026-02-02T01:22:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T07:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/?p=14334"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:08:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:08:59","slug":"ag-law-issues-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2026\/02\/02\/ag-law-issues-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Ag Law Issues in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we do every year, Shannon Ferrell, my friend and counterpart at Oklahoma State University, and I partnered up to write an article summarizing the year in agricultural law for Farm Progress.\u00a0 This year, we had lots of exciting topics like estate taxes, air emissions reporting, animal confinement laws, DOJ investigations, dicamba label proposals, and WOTUS.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14344\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14344\" class=\"wp-image-14344 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2026\/02\/sebastian-pichler-bAQH53VquTc-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2026\/02\/sebastian-pichler-bAQH53VquTc-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2026\/02\/sebastian-pichler-bAQH53VquTc-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2026\/02\/sebastian-pichler-bAQH53VquTc-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2026\/02\/sebastian-pichler-bAQH53VquTc-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2026\/02\/sebastian-pichler-bAQH53VquTc-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo by Sebastian Pichler<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>What were our key issues for the year and what do you need to know?\u00a0 Check out our article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmprogress.com\/farm-policy\/several-ag-related-legal-issues-addressed-in-2025?utm_rid=CPG02000000698080&amp;utm_campaign=104329&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;elq2=6fed867dc93d44f0a23fbc1003ec3a8f&amp;sp_eh=106890a768b20d3416a11199e053523fc02ec5e24c7e7f05b665a994aee074ff\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, if you missed the podcast episode I did summarizing ag law in 2025 with my friend and Maryland-based Extension ag lawyer, Paul Goeringer, <a href=\"https:\/\/aglaw.libsyn.com\/episode-212-paul-goeringer-2025-ag-law-year-in-review\">listen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we do every year, Shannon Ferrell, my friend and counterpart at Oklahoma State University, and I partnered up to write an article summarizing the year in agricultural law for Farm Progress.\u00a0 This year, we had lots of exciting topics like estate taxes, air emissions reporting, animal confinement laws, DOJ investigations, dicamba label proposals, and WOTUS. 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