The headlines about PFAS are everywhere from agricultural news websites to Good Morning America. But what should farmers and rural landowners be worried about when it comes to PFAS? From a real property standpoint, the biggest potential PFAS problem facing
Before this spring, I had never been to Asia. In April, my Agricultural Leadership Program (ALP) Class 18 traveled to South Korea and Laos. The two countries cannot be more different. Laos is very much still developing, suffers even today
One area of law refuses to stay consistent from year to year—Waters of the United States, or WOTUS, for frequent fliers. The Supreme Court decided the Sackett case for a second time this past summer, limiting federal jurisdiction over wetlands.
May 2023 was a busy month for agriculture before the Supreme Court of the United States. The Court narrowed the reach of the Clean Water Act in Sackett v. EPA by limiting what wetlands are considered Waters of the United
As part of the Indiana AgriInstitute Ag Leadership Program, I was happy to (finally) get the chance to take our class’s international trip at the end of April. We were originally set to go to Asia in February/March 2020…which for
On May 11, 2023, the Supreme Court rejected hog farmers’ challenge to California’s Prop 12 law. Prop 12 was passed by the voters of California and prohibits the sale in California of pork products derived from breeding pigs raised in
This spring, I was happy to be invited to speak to students at different events at Indiana University and at Purdue University. I traveled to West Lafayette in February for a pork industry career panel, and then to Bloomington
State and federal courts have long held that a constitutional taking may occur from government-induced flooding. The Indiana Supreme Court recently handed down a unanimous decision explaining how courts should analyze permanent and temporary takings by flood waters. This decision
Carbon capture and storage involves storing carbon thousands of feet below ground—often below farms, fields, and rural landscapes. But who owns the pore space so deep underground? State legislatures around the country have been trying to address this question, with
As we close in on the end of 2022, it is worth looking back to see what happened this year. I don’t just mean your Spotify Wrapped playlist, although that is fun (Billy Strings, Tyler Childers, Taylor Swift, and the