“Let the buyer beware” doctrine applies to real estate sales in Ohio
By:Peggy Kirk Hall, Attorney and Director, Agricultural & Resource Law Program Tuesday, June 10th, 2025 “Do your due diligence” is the lesson learned from a recent Ohio appeals court decision in a case alleging that a seller fraudulently induced a…
House Farm Bill Reconciliation Summary Overview
By:Peggy Kirk Hall, Attorney and Director, Agricultural & Resource Law Program Tuesday, May 27th, 2025 Guest author: Dr. Carl Zulauf, Professor Emeritus, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, Ohio State University. Note: The U.S. House of Representatives passed its budget reconciliation…
How Ohio’s Proposed Pesticide Rules Could Affect Teens Working on Farms
By:Jeffrey K. Lewis, Esq., Legal Associate, Agricultural and Resource Law Program, Income Tax Schools Friday, May 16th, 2025 On April 9, 2025, the Ohio House of Representatives passed its version of the state’s biennial budget, also known as House Bill…
Dead Canadians, Fake Lawyers, and Real Insurance Advice
By:Robert Moore, Thursday, May 08th, 2025 Not long ago, an official looking letter arrived addressed to my deceased father. Inside was a message from “Attorney Patterson” stating that a man named Nicholas Moore had died in Canada. No heirs. No next…
USDA Expediting $10 Billion in Direct Economic Assistance to Agricultural Producers
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, on National Agriculture Day, announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing up to $10 billion directly to agricultural producers through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) for the 2024 crop year….
Principles of Government: Executive Orders
By:Peggy Kirk Hall, Attorney and Director, Agricultural & Resource Law Program Tuesday, March 04th, 2025 Written by Tyler Zimpfer, Law Fellow with OSU Ag & Resource Law and the National Agricultural Law Center Welcome back to our blog series on…
How Inadequate Estate Planning Led to the Likely Sale of a Family Farm
By:Robert Moore, Thursday, March 06th, 2025 As we all know, family farms often hold deep sentimental value. They are passed from generation to generation, with the hope that they will stay in the family. But without careful estate planning, these…
Managing Frost Heave in Alfalfa
Winter’s freeze-thaw cycles can cause frost heaving in alfalfa and other winter crop fields. The colder than usual winter in Ohio this year could increase frost heave risk. This article covers the basics of identifying frost heave and planning for…
From Paper to Pixels: Do Emojis Count as Electronic Signatures?
By:Jeffrey K. Lewis, Esq., Program Coordinator, Income Tax Schools Monday, February 10th, 2025 Traditional communication methods are a thing of the past. With instant access to email, social media, text messages, websites, and video calls, digital communication is now the…
2025 Corn College & Soybean School
Join us on February 27th for the 5th annual virtual Corn College and Soybean School presented by the Ohio State University Extension Agronomic Crops Team. The program will run from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM and feature OSU Extension field and…
