By Phillip Powell
Foreign ownership of agricultural land in the United States is the focus of a free webinar hosted by the National Agricultural Law Center on July 15.
With new state restrictions, federal proposals and ongoing litigation rapidly reshaping the legal landscape, foreign ownership of U.S. agricultural land remains one of the most closely watched issues in agricultural law, said Harrison Pittman, director of the center.
“Foreign ownership of agricultural land continues to garner significant attention across the country with continued activity at both the state and federal level,” Pittman said. “We’ll cover a lot of these developments, including litigation, at the July webinar.”
The webinar, “Foreign Ownership of Ag Land: Federal and State Legislative and Litigation Update,” will be held 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. central time on July 15. Register for the event online.
Pittman will discuss how each state takes its own approach to restricting foreign ownership of agricultural land, including recent updates to laws in Arkansas, North Carolina and Nebraska. On the federal level, he will cover how the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Congress have been tackling the issue, including the most recent text of the Farm Bill from the Senate Agriculture Committee.
Pittman previously testified on this topic to the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry in September 2023.
Source : uada.edu