Nearly every profession has been disrupted by the ability to “Google” the answer to a question. How do I fix a faucet leak? Google a how-to video instead of calling the plumber. How can I stop my knee from hurting?
Last year, Indiana’s legislature modified the appeal process for IDEM permits and other administrative law proceedings. I wrote about this change to the Administrative Orders and Procedures Act (“AOPA”) about a year ago. Those amendments had a similar impact
Like many states, Indiana’s General Assembly is currently in session. There are a number of agricultural bills on deck this year, including one which would impact livestock and poultry farmers across the state. On February 3rd, the Indiana Senate Environmental
One of the ways that artificial intelligence (AI) has been marketed to agricultural business owners is as a tool to improve market competitiveness. AI platforms promise to deliver real time market insights in a way that humans never could, since
In some ways, Indiana is completely unlike Arizona or California when it comes to water. For most of the past 50 years, our focus has been water quality, not quantity. Even now, when it comes to the water question in
The Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”) created many market incentives to combat climate change. One of these incentives is the issuance of tax credits to renewable fuel producers, called “45Z credits” due to their location in Section 45 of the Internal
A series of recent New York Times pieces have sounded the alarm about PFAS chemicals in biosolids on agricultural ground. First, there was the article on August 31, 2024 entitled “Something’s Poisoning America’s Land. Farmers Fear ‘Forever’ Chemicals.”
There is a lot of change these days in the local wind and solar zoning world. It seems that every week, a new county changes its setbacks, imposes a moratorium to stop a wind or solar project, or clarifies its
The following article is a summary of my presentation to the 32nd Annual No-Till Conference written by Landon Swan, No-Till Farmer Magazine, regarding the ag data issues arising from the USDA’s Partnership for Climate Smart Commodities.
Ag data has become
On June 28, 2024, the United States Supreme Court overturned a 40-year-old precedent. Since 1984, the Chevron doctrine has required courts to give deference to the way an administrative agency interpreted its own rules when those rules were ambiguous.