Year to Date: A Review of Selected Farm Labor Violations

Over the past six months, the Department of Justice charged farms nationwide with countless farm labor violations, and according to a 2020 article by The…

Discrimination On Farm Leads to a Multi-Million Dollar Settlement

A Washington-based mushroom farm recently agreed to pay $3.4 million to settle discrimination claims against them. The farm had systematically rooted out a…

Open Farm Employment Law Week

You deserve easy-to-understand farm law solutions. Are you wondering if it is legal for your for-profit farm or ranch to have volunteers? Or maybe you want to…

New Overtime Rules Bring More Complexity to Farm Labor Calculations

“Especially in California, with the labor laws, you can’t have pickers work more than eight hours a day,” a professional from a tech startup that builds flying…

Shopping for farm property insurance in California just got harder. Are other states next?

Last month, the insurance company State Farm announced it would no longer issue new property insurance policies for residential or commercial customers in…

​​Fishers diversify, face same business law complications as farmers, when disaster strikes

After drought conditions, record-low numbers of salmon are expected to return to California rivers to spawn this year, prompting the Pacific Fishery Management…

How a Farmer’s Arrest for Selling Milk Inspired New Laws on the Practice of Medicine

Herb C. Saunders, a dairy farmer from Odin, Minnesota, was arrested in 1993 for three charges related to selling colostrum milk and herbs to customers…

Be a part of our Botanical Products Experience Team!

Share and learn about the legal aspects of creating teas, salves, and more Do you own a business where you make and sell teas, salves…

$123 Million in Additional Funds for Distressed Borrowers

The USDA announced that starting in April, it will provide $123 million in additional, automatic financial assistance to qualifying farm loan program borrowers.

Who Owns Our Farmland: Foreign Ownership Legislation Proliferates

Just this year, over half the states have introduced bills to restrict foreign ownership of agricultural land. These states are joining the approximately…