Legal With Leah: NPDES permit transfer update
U.S. EPA’s denial to transfer permitting from Ohio EPA to ODA doesn’t change a thing with the state’s livestock permitting process.
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Ohio Farm Bureau staff experts, plus industry partners, help members with answers, training and guidance to help you be successful today as well as plan for the future. Our Landowner Toolkit and legal team help property owners navigate the issues that come with owning and managing land. Farm Bureau brings forward industry, academic and business partners to provide insights, advice and education for members.
Legal with Leah: Supreme Court ag cases update
Agricultural issues have been highlights of the opening weeks of the U.S. Supreme Court. The Sackett v. U.S. EPA case and a case over Proposition 12 in California both have been heard.
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Farmland leases: What you need to know
Consult with your farm’s team of trusted advisers in drafting your next farm lease. That includes your lender, accountant, attorney and insurance provider.
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Legal with Leah: Differences in eminent domain laws between states
News out of Iowa that a private company has filed to use eminent domain to construct a carbon pipeline has raised lots of questions in Ohio.
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Three key updates for estate taxes
The new IRS rules bring added succession planning flexibility for farmers, who have watched the value and expense of everything increase in the last year.
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Our Ohio Weekly: Solar Energy in Ohio – Part 2
Learn more about community solar leases, how eminent domain fits into the solar discussion and how your tax situation may change if you become involved in a lease.
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Our Ohio Weekly: Solar Energy in Ohio – Part 1
That growing interest in solar energy in the Buckeye State has led to difficult discussions, tough decisions and a divide in opinion across the countryside. On this Our Ohio Weekly, we talk all things solar with two Ohio Farm Bureau experts.
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Legal with Leah: Noxious weeds
What are considered noxious weeds in Ohio and what is the landowner’s responsibility in keeping them controlled?
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Legal with Leah: Columbia Gas of Ohio v. Bailey Family/Arno Renner Trust
Ohio Farm Bureau and the Union County Farm Bureau recently filed an amicus brief in a case with potential impacts to farmland preservation programs.
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Legal with Leah: Ohio Power v. Burns eminent domain case
Landowners should have the right to challenge and make sure that a taking is necessary and that it’s limited to what is actually necessary so that the law is upheld.
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