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Hello! \u00a0I am excited to be back in the saddle with Weekly Round Up posts. \u00a0I appreciate all of your kind words and well wishes while I was off on maternity leave to welcome home our daughter, Harper.<\/p>\n

There is sure no shortage of ag law news to report on this week. \u00a0Here are some of the big stories.<\/p>\n

*\u00a0Texas producers reject Indemnity Fund assessment.<\/strong> \u00a0The Texas Department of Agriculture announced that recent voting on whether to create an assessment on grain sales to fund a sort of mandatory self-insurance program for producers to help offset the risk when selling grain has failed. \u00a0The votes were overwhelmingly against the measure, 655 against and 148 in favor. \u00a0\u00a0 [Read article here.<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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* Special Master orders mediation in\u00a0Florida v. Georgia\u00a0<\/em>water law case.<\/strong> \u00a0The Special Master presiding over the United States Supreme Court case pitting Georgia and Florida at odds over water use has encouraged the parties to settle their dispute. \u00a0This comes after a month-long trial, but before the Special Master issues his recommendation to the court on what its ruling should be in the case. [For more background, click here<\/a>.] The dispute is over how much water Georgia can withdraw from the Chattahoochee River and Lake Lanier. \u00a0At the most basic level, Florida claims that Georgia is taking more than its fair share of water from the river. \u00a0[Read article here.<\/a>]<\/p>\n

* USDA\u00a0to allow early termination of some CRP contracts to allow transfer to the next generation.<\/strong>\u00a0 Landowners enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (“CRP”) may, in some circumstances, have the ability to terminate their contracts early and avoid the normal penalties that would occur with such termination. \u00a0The USDA has announced an early termination program for landowners seeking to transfer ownership of their CRP contracted land to a younger farmer or rancher. \u00a0[Read article here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

* Abandoned wells causing major issues across Texas.<\/strong> \u00a0The Texas Tribune ran an article recently looking at the issue of abandoned oil and gas wells. \u00a0These wells are numerous and widespread across the state, and can pose significant problems for landowners and conservation districts alike. \u00a0[Read article here.<\/a>]<\/p>\n

*Estate tax limit increases to $5.49 million per person in 2017.<\/strong> \u00a0With the new year, the exemption amount for the federal estate tax has again increased for inflation and is now $5.45 million per person. \u00a0This means that if a person’s estate is valued at less than $5.45 million, they will not owe federal estate taxes at the time of their death. \u00a0For estates larger than that amount, any estate value over the limit will be taxed at a 40% rate. \u00a0[Read more about federal estate taxes here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

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