United States: Land Law & Agriculture

Financial institutions lending to the agriculture sector should prepare now for a continued wave of borrower distress and bankruptcy filings in 2026 and 2027.

Can a state state ban a product that the federal government has affirmatively approved for sale? In Upside Foods, Inc. v. Commissioner, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, No. 24-13640 (11th Cir. Mar. 23, 2026), the Eleventh Circuit answered yes, holding that Florida’s ban on lab-grown meat is not expressly pre-empted by the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act (“PPIA”).

On March 5, 2025, Representatives Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) and Senators Todd Young (R-IN) and Alex Padilla (D-CA), all commissioners on the National Security Commission...

On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law H.R. 1, commonly referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the "OBBBA"), which, among other things, reinvigorated the federal Opportunity Zone ("OZ") program.

On November 13, 2025, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) held a webinar explaining planned changes to DPR's Enforcement Response Regulations at 3 CCR §§ 6128 and 6130.

The U.S. soybean industry remains a focal point in the intersection of American agriculture, global trade policy, and federal regulatory action. Ongoing trade tensions — particularly between the United States and China...

On July 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published an interim final rule (the "Interim Final Rule") in the Federal Register, effective immediately.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced on July 9, 2025, that it is updating its practices for reviewing petitions seeking a determination of nonregulated...

Public Policy & Regulation attorney Liz Craddock, Senior Public Affairs Advisor Isabel Lane and Senior Policy Advisor Peter Tabor break down the impacts of the new One Big Beautiful Bill Act...