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This week I made the journey to Menard, TX for the “All About Water” program where I spoke about Texas water law.\u00a0 It was an absolutely group in attendance and I thoroughly enjoyed their questions and participation.\u00a0 Thanks to Lisa Brown for the invitation to attend.\u00a0 To those of you visiting form that program, welcome!<\/p>\n

Here are some of the ag law stories in the news this week.<\/p>\n

*New Mexico Slaughterhouse Withdraws Permit.<\/strong>\u00a0 Valley Meats Co. has withdrawn its permit application with the New Mexico Environment Department for a waste water lagoon necessary for horse slaughter operations.\u00a0 According to various news sources, the withdrawal stated that Valley Meat\u00a0will no longer continue with its horse slaughter plans.\u00a0 Currently, no horse slaughter plants exist in the United States as Congress prohibited federal funding for inspections of such plants in the 2014 appropriations bill.\u00a0 [Read article here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

* Colorado Judge Strikes Fracking Ban.<\/strong>\u00a0 A Colorado trial court judge has stricken the fracking ban enacted by the city of Longmont.\u00a0 The judge found that the local law–which prohibited fracking within\u00a0city limits–clearly conflicted with the state’s regulations regarding the production of oil and gas.\u00a0 The law, passed in 2012, was challenged by the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, and Top Operating Company.\u00a0 At least one plaintiff has indicated that they will appeal the ruling, although no official statement has been issued by the City of\u00a0Longmont.\u00a0\u00a0[Read article here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

*Public Meetings Held on Proposed Water Reporting Rule in Panhandle.<\/strong>\u00a0 The High Plains Underground Water Conservation District is holding public meetings on a proposed rule change that would require farmers to track water use.\u00a0 The proposed rule would require farmers to either install meters or track water use in other ways.\u00a0 Additionally, production would be limited to 18 inches per acre per year for most wells.\u00a0 [Read article here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

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* Mexico’s Water Deficit Grows.<\/strong>\u00a0 According to Texas Water Development Board Chairman, Carlos Rubenstein, the Mexico water deficit pursuant to the 1944 Rio Grande treaty has grown to 355,650 acre-feet as of July 19, 2014.\u00a0 We previously discussed this treaty and deficit in this blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* Why Keeping Heirs in the Dark is a Bad Idea.<\/strong>\u00a0 When I do estate and succession planning presentations, I advocate for having family meetings and communication throughout the estate planning process, rather than keeping everything secret until the death occurs.\u00a0 This week, Financial Advisor published an article outlining reasons why such communication is a good idea, namely it decreases disagreement within the family.\u00a0 Additionally, the study found that 72% of people reported that they would handle estate matters differently than their parents did by keeping their will updated, disclosing whereabouts of financial accounts, taking steps to minimize taxes, proactively discussing plans with heirs, and planning head for aging or mental capacity issues.\u00a0 [Read article here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week I made the journey to Menard, TX for the “All About Water” program where I spoke about Texas water law.\u00a0 It was an absolutely group in attendance and I thoroughly enjoyed their questions and participation.\u00a0 Thanks to Lisa Brown for the invitation to attend.\u00a0 To those of you visiting form that program, welcome! Here are some of the ag law stories in the news this week. *New Mexico Slaughterhouse Withdraws Permit.\u00a0 Valley Meats Co. has withdrawn its permit application with the New Mexico Environment Department for… Read More →<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2444,"featured_media":939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,32,8,14,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-estate-planning","category-horse-slaughter","category-local-fracking-bans","category-oil-and-gas-law","category-texas-water-wars","category-weekly-round-up"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAugust 1, 2014 Weekly Round Up - Texas Agriculture Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2014\/08\/01\/august-1-2014-weekly-round-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"August 1, 2014 Weekly Round Up - Texas Agriculture Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This week I made the journey to Menard, TX for the “All About Water” program where I spoke about Texas water law.\u00a0 It was an absolutely group in attendance and I thoroughly enjoyed their questions and participation.\u00a0 Thanks to Lisa Brown for the invitation to attend.\u00a0 To those of you visiting form that program, welcome! 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