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This week I traveled to Andrews, Texas to speak at the Sandhills Beef Conference. \u00a0Thanks to Caleb Eaton for the invitation to come and speak on grazing leases. \u00a0To those of you joining the blog from that presentation, welcome! \u00a0Here are a couple of at law stories in the news this week.<\/p>\n

* Texas Legislators Eye Gulf To Solve Water Issues.<\/strong> \u00a0The Texas Tribune published a great article discussing proposed bills in Austin related to turning to the gulf and desalination to solve Texas’ ongoing water problems. \u00a0As the article explains, lawmakers are seeking to expand the options for finding additional water for Texas and seek to ensure the legal framework is in place for these type of projects. \u00a0[Read article here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

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* Missouri Supreme Court Upholds State’s Righto to Farm Statute.<\/strong> \u00a0Earlier this week, the Missouri State Court upheld the constitutionality of the state’s right to farm statute. \u00a0Plaintiffs filed suit against Cargill Pork and Bohr farms alleging numerous claims related to odors emitting from a hog farm. \u00a0Recognizing that the Missouri Right to Farm statute provided an affirmative defense to these claims, the plaintiffs argued that the statute was unconstitutional. \u00a0Specifically, they argued that the statute authorized a private taking, authorized a taking without just compensation, violates the equal protection clause, violates the due process clause, among other state law claims. \u00a0The Supreme Court rejected each argument, holding that the statute is constitutional. \u00a0[Read opinion here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

* Important Farm Succession Planning Factors.<\/strong> \u00a0My friend and Texas A&M alum Cari Rincker recently published a blog post offering 7 factors to consider when developing a farm succession plan. \u00a0Her post is practical and helpful to farm families trying to navigate succession planning issues. \u00a0[Read post here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

* Minor Revision to Syngenta Corn Litigation Fact Sheet.<\/strong> \u00a0Last week, we shared with you a fact sheet discussing the Syngenta Corn litigation going on between farmers and Syngenta related to MIR162 seed. \u00a0We have made minor revisions to the paragraph titled\u00a0“What if I did not grow Viptera or Duracade?” \u00a0The revisions are to make clear that Texas A&M Agrilife Extension takes no position on the merits of the lawsuit. \u00a0To view the revised fact sheet,\u00a0just click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week I traveled to Andrews, Texas to speak at the Sandhills Beef Conference. \u00a0Thanks to Caleb Eaton for the invitation to come and speak on grazing leases. \u00a0To those of you joining the blog from that presentation, welcome! \u00a0Here are a couple of at law stories in the news this week. * Texas Legislators Eye Gulf To Solve Water Issues. \u00a0The Texas Tribune published a great article discussing proposed bills in Austin related to turning to the gulf and desalination to solve Texas’ ongoing water problems. \u00a0As… Read More →<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2444,"featured_media":574,"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":[13,7,6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-right-to-farm-laws","category-texas-legislature","category-water-law","category-weekly-round-up"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nApril 17, 2015 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\/2015\/04\/17\/april-17-2015-weekly-round-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"April 17, 2015 Weekly Round Up - Texas Agriculture Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This week I traveled to Andrews, Texas to speak at the Sandhills Beef Conference. \u00a0Thanks to Caleb Eaton for the invitation to come and speak on grazing leases. \u00a0To those of you joining the blog from that presentation, welcome! \u00a0Here are a couple of at law stories in the news this week. * Texas Legislators Eye Gulf To Solve Water Issues. \u00a0The Texas Tribune published a great article discussing proposed bills in Austin related to turning to the gulf and desalination to solve Texas’ ongoing water problems. \u00a0As... 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