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I recently wrote an article for Progressive Cattleman outlining workers’ compensation laws and agriculture. \u00a0This is a complex area of law, and the rules differ by state, but it is extremely important for farmers and ranchers and employees to be aware of the law in their state.<\/p>\n

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Texas A&M Agrilife Extension photo by Robert Burns<\/p><\/div>\n

To read the article, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(Note: \u00a0You may remember from a prior\u00a0Weekly Round Up that the New Mexico Supreme Court recently held that the agricultural laborer exclusion to the NM Workers’ Compensation law was unconstitutional. \u00a0This article was written prior to that decision.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently wrote an article for Progressive Cattleman outlining workers’ compensation laws and agriculture. \u00a0This is a complex area of law, and the rules differ by state, but it is extremely important for farmers and ranchers and employees to be aware of the law in their state. To read the article, click here. (Note: \u00a0You may remember from a prior\u00a0Weekly Round Up that the New Mexico Supreme Court recently held that the agricultural laborer exclusion to the NM Workers’ Compensation law was unconstitutional. \u00a0This article was written prior… Read More →<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2443,"featured_media":3306,"comment_status":"closed","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":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-employmentlabor-law"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWorkers' Compensation and Agriculture - 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\/2016\/07\/25\/workers-compensation-agriculture\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Workers' Compensation and Agriculture - Texas Agriculture Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I recently wrote an article for Progressive Cattleman outlining workers’ compensation laws and agriculture. \u00a0This is a complex area of law, and the rules differ by state, but it is extremely important for farmers and ranchers and employees to be aware of the law in their state. 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