Sir John Bennet Lawes, an English agronomist and founder of the artificial fertilizer industry, forever changed how we grow our crops. At the tender age of 8, he and his mother assumed responsibility for their 250-acre family farm after his father’s death. The two figured it out and even made enough to send John off […]
Supreme Court Narrows WOTUS Definition
The Supreme Court delivered a landmark decision Thursday that will significantly curtail the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate certain bodies of water. In a decision that was technically unanimous, the Court ruled in favor of an Idaho landowner in the long-running Sackett vs. EPA case. The Clean Water Act of 1972 gave EPA the […]
NAR Commercial Market Insights April 2023
The first quarter of the year was anything but boring for commercial real estate. The recent developments in the banking sector added concerns about lending activity in the market. While commercial real estate relies heavily on the banking industry for capital, there were rising concerns that the recent bank failures would make it harder to […]