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A recent federal court decision has created significant uncertainty for agricultural employers who rely on the H-2A program. In United Farm Workers v. United States Department of Labor,[1] the federal district court for the Eastern District of California
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Agricultural law rarely produces a single headline that captures everything farmers and ranchers need to know. Instead, the most important developments often appear in seemingly unrelated areas such as farm-program eligibility, water rights, agricultural data, secured lending, and neighboring-land
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Dolly Parton’s death at age 80 offers an opportunity to think about something much larger than the life of a remarkable entertainer. Her story is, in many respects, a story about the enduring importance of the American farm –
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The Colorado River is approaching one of the most consequential moments in the modern history of Western water law. The existing legal architecture governing the river is colliding with a physical reality that can no longer be ignored. Simply
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The central policy question is not simply how to make beef cheaper. It is how to increase the quantity of beef available to American consumers while preserving the economic incentive for American ranchers to rebuild the cattle herd. That
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Property rights are fundamental to farming and ranching. But what those rights actually include (and how secure they are) can become complicated when family disputes, government regulation, utility easements, property-tax valuation, or development agreements enter the picture.
Five recent
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A farmer’s death creates obvious estate-planning questions: Who receives the land? Who gets the equipment and livestock? Who will operate the farm? What happens to the debt? But for a farm that participates in USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA)
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The historically poor 2026 wheat harvest is serious news for Kansas agriculture. It can mean fewer bushels to sell, less revenue available to cover expenses, and real financial pressure for producers whose operations are heavily dependent upon wheat. But
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After nearly two years of extensions and legislative stalemate, the Senate’s Farm Bill 2.0 discussion draft has become the primary vehicle for negotiating a comprehensive replacement for the 2018 Farm Bill. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman (R-Ark.) has
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The Endangered Species Act (ESA) remains one of the most powerful—and controversial—federal environmental statutes affecting agriculture. While the Act was enacted in 1973 with the laudable objective of preventing the extinction of plant and animal species, decades of expansive
