Who is a "Foreign Person" in the Eyes of USDA?

Who is a "Foreign Person" in the Eyes of USDA?

With increased scrutiny over foreign ownership of US farmland, let’s take a step back and figure out who is a foreign person in the eyes of the law.

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Using Ag Data to Win Your Case

Using Ag Data to Win Your Case

A more in-depth look at how we used good ag data to prevail in recent case involving flooding of farmland.

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AI, the Black Box, and Transparency

AI, the Black Box, and Transparency

Technology providers should take care to properly license training data for use in their AI models.

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Translating AI's Legal Issues for Agriculture

Translating AI's Legal Issues for Agriculture

The legal issues surrounding artificial intelligence will impact agriculture, too.

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Five Questions to Ask Before Signing a Soil Carbon Contract

Five Questions to Ask Before Signing a Soil Carbon Contract

Farmers’ options for signing a soil carbon contracts are multiplying. What are some considerations before signing up the farm?

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More Thoughts on that Emoji Grain Contract

More Thoughts on that Emoji Grain Contract

A Canadian farmer accepted a grain contract by replying with a thumbs up emoji. Would the result be the same in the US?

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Ag Data Collection for the USDA's Climate-Smart Commodities

Ag Data Collection for the USDA's Climate-Smart Commodities

USDA’s Partnership for Climate-Smart Commodities will require a lot of ag data. Let’s make sure we get the contracts with farmers right.

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Understanding the Legal Issues for AI in Agriculture

Understanding the Legal Issues for AI in Agriculture

Artificial intelligent promises a lot, but requires some caution too.

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Five Areas of Law to Update to Pave the Way for Autonomous Farm Equipment

Five Areas of Law to Update to Pave the Way for Autonomous Farm Equipment

Robotic farm equipment can help with many problems on the farm. Let’s make the legal system responsive to these needs rather than getting in the way.

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Five Ways ChatGPT Will Change Agriculture

Five Ways ChatGPT Will Change Agriculture

Will artificial intelligence eventually replace the tasks handled by many farmers?

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The Digitalization of Grain Contracts

The Digitalization of Grain Contracts

Modernizing grain contracts will only make US grain marketing more efficient.

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Who Owns "Pore Space" Deep Under Your Land?

Who Owns "Pore Space" Deep Under Your Land?

Thanks to climate change, we are about to find out.

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A Look at the Principles for Transparency in Ag Climate Markets

A Look at the Principles for Transparency in Ag Climate Markets

A group of companies has developed a set of transparency principles for carbon market developers in agriculture. What do they say and what happens next?

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Tesla's Impact on Agriculture

Tesla's Impact on Agriculture

Tesla has had an enormous impact on auto manufacturers. Are there lessons for agricultural equipment manufacturers?

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Understanding the Scopes of GHG Emissions

Understanding the Scopes of GHG Emissions

Is the latest SEC reporting rule going to push more control away from the farm and into corporate shareholders’ hands? Here is how to understand what reporting Scopes 1, 2, and 3 emissions means.

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Apple CarPlay Will Soon Control Your Car. Will Apple TractorPlay be Next?

Apple CarPlay Will Soon Control Your Car. Will Apple TractorPlay be Next?

Does the next generation of Apple CarPlay foreshadow the next generation of farm equipment monitors?

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Building a National Ag Data Infrastructure

Building a National Ag Data Infrastructure

Before we can really harness the power of ag data to improve farm policy, we need to modernize how ag data is collected and used at the federal level.

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How Antiquated Real Estate Laws are Stopping Farmers from Fighting Climate Change

How Antiquated Real Estate Laws are Stopping Farmers from Fighting Climate Change

A longform guide to understanding how real estate law is slowing the adoption of modern soil carbon sequestration contracts.

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Rethinking Cloud-Connected Machines in Times of International Conflict

Rethinking Cloud-Connected Machines in Times of International Conflict

Who controls the cloud becomes even more important in the era of international uncertainty.

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Ukraine's Impact on Global Agriculture

Ukraine's Impact on Global Agriculture

Even if the war ends today, the Russian war on Ukraine is also a war on agriculture.

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