Articles Posted in Ranching and Agricultural Law

This post discusses Texas law. City property is mostly what you see. Rural property is layered: the surface estate, the mineral estate beneath it, the water rights running through it, and the easements that determine whether you can even reach it. These layers can be owned by different people, and they can significantly affect the…

This post discusses Texas law. For most ranching and farming families, the land is simultaneously the business’s biggest asset and the family’s legacy. That dual identity is exactly why agricultural operations deserve deliberate legal structure, and exactly why so few have one. The operation grew up around the family, not the other way around, and…