Environmental Law
Secretary Rollins urged state partners to review their wolf management policies, strengthen engagement with livestock producers, and work with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to address wolf predation.
Canada may revise its Clean Fuel Regulations as domestic ethanol producers face U.S. competition and farmers watch the potential impact on corn and biofuel demand.
Southeast ag landowners are navigating conservation funding, utility easements, declining used-equipment values, and drought-related cattle pressures.
The Center for Biological Diversity is seeking records related to over-the-top dicamba use for the 2026 and 2027 growing seasons.
Farm Legal expert Roger McEowen says oil-and-gas royalty deductions can depend on the lease’s specific language and the circumstances surrounding the gas sale.
The government should exercise humility before imposing costs on an economy as complex as American agriculture. The 2026 greenhouse-gas regulatory rollback reflects that shift.
The bill authorizes projects affecting inland navigation, ports and other water infrastructure.
Ag Law expert Roger McEowen explains the latest WOTUS developments and their implications for agricultural water management.
The concern is not whether clean water, clean air, healthy soil, and responsible stewardship are desirable. Of course they are. The concern is whether calling an environmental condition a “human right” provides a coherent legal rule.
The federal government is closer to a “Waters of the United States” definition that is narrower, more predictable, and more consistent with the Constitution—but farmers should not mistake this for the end of the WOTUS saga.