JANUARY

• CASH RENT TENANT PROVISIONS OF PAYMENT LIMITATION LAW AMENDED
• EIGHT CIRCUIT RULES ON CHAPTER 12 ELIGIBILITY
• IN DEPTH: PROMPT PAYMENT AND STATUTORY TRUST PROVISIONS FOR SELLERS OF LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, AND PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
• IMMIGRATION POTPOURRI: SANCTIONS
• RESPONSE COSTS RECOVERABLE UNDER CERCLA IN ABSENCE OF ACTUAL CONTAMINATION
• INSIDER GUARANTEES UPDATE

FEBRUARY

• FARM WAGES ARE SUBJECT TO WITHOLDING
• ZAJAC VACATED
• IN DEPTH: FARM FLIPS: RESTRUCTURING AGRICULTURAL IN THE 1990’S
• ERRORS IN FARMER’S TAX GUIDE
• BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LAW REVIEW ARTICLES ON AGRICULTURAL LAW

MARCH

• SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT DEMAND NOTES ISSUED BY AG COOPERATIVE ARE SECURITIES
• SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS “RAILS TO TRAILS”
• IN DEPTH: INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF DISASTER PAYMENTS AND DROUGHT SALES
• GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION: PENDENT JURISDICTION AND SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
• CROP INSURANCE FRAUD: DAMAGE AND PENALTY AWARDS
• TENTH CIRCUIT FINDS BREEDING LIVESTOCK TO BE “TOOLS OF THE TRADE”

APRIL

• GRAIN ELEVATOR BANKRUPTCY: STATUTORY LIEN
• DAIRY COW LEASES
• IN DEPTH: THE DILEMMA FACING RURAL LANDOWNERS: LIABILITY FOR INJURY OCCURRING ON THEIR LAND
• NEW BOOKS OF INTEREST
• POSITION NOTED
• CRIMINAL ASPECTS OF PAYMENT LIMITATION RULES
• MILK HORMONE LABELING BILLS

MAY

• PAYMENT LIMITATIONS: PARTNERSHIPS WITH JOINT LOANS
• ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP HAS STANDING TO CHALLENGE ASCS WETLAND CONVERSION EXEMPTION
• IN DEPTH: ASCS APPEALS: AN OBSERVATION AND A SUGGESTION
• AWPA PREEMPTS EXCLUSIVE REMEDY PROVISIONS OF STATE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAWS

JUNE

• SIXTH CIRCUIT FINDS LAND CONTRACT TO BE EXECUTORY: CONTRACT CANNOT BE REORGANIZED IN CHAPTER 12
• SECURITIES LAW AND AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES
• IN DEPTH: ASCS APPEALS: THE EQUITABLE AUTHORITY OF DASCO
• TENTH CIRCUIT FINDS NO IMPLIED CAUSE OF ACTION UNDER AG CREDIT ACT OF 1987
• INSURANCE PROCEEDS FROM DESTRUCTION OF COMBINE BY FIRE: NOT “FARM INCOME” FOR PURPOSES OF CHAPTER 12

JULY

• CCC CERTIFICATES AND UCC SECURITY INTERESTS: SPLIT DECISIONS
• FMHA DENIED SETOFF OF FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS DUE CHAPTER 12 DEBTOR-IN-POSSESSION
• IN DEPTH: AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY: NEW REGULATIONS
• OSHA REQUEST FOR COMMENTS ON HAZARD COMMUNICATION STANDARD
• DRAFT HORSES HELD TO BE “TOOLS OF THE TRADE”
• MODEL STATE WATER CODE PROJECT

AUGUST

• NONTAXABLE AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDY PAYMENTS HELD TO BE FARM INCOME FOR CHAPTER 12 PURPOSES
• EIGHT CIRCUIT FINDS NO IMPLIED CAUSE OF ACTION IN AG CREDIT ACT OF 1987
• LAW REVIEW ARTICLES ON AGRICULTURAL LAW
• IN DEPTH: RENT PAID TO A SPOUSE
• RECREATIONAL USE STATUTES INTERPRETED

SEPTEMBER

• ELEVENTH CIRCUIT EXPANDS LENDER LIABILITY UNDER SUPERFUND
• MILK MARKETING ORDERS CHALLENGED
• JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ASCS DECISIONS: RECENT CASES
• REGULATION OF THE USE AND DISPOSAL OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY WASTES
• “DROP DEAD” DEFAULT PROVISION AND CHAPTER 12 MODIFICATION
• CURBSIDE HIRING OF MIGRANT WORKERS

OCTOBER

• COMPENSATION AWARDED FOR DENIALS OF SECTION 404 DREDGE AND FILL PERMITS
• FOURTH CIRCUIT AND USDA JUDICIAL OFFICER CLASH
• IN DEPTH: STATE AND FEDERAL ORGANIC FOOD CERTIFICATION LAWS: COMING OF AGE?
• LENDER LIABILITY ACTIONS AGAINST FCS LENDERS: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

NOVEMBER

• FARM CREDIT SYSTEM RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL CONSIDERED BY FOURTH CIRCUIT
• PRE-ENFORCEMENT REVIEW OF CWA SECTION 404 COMPLIANCE ORDERS PRECLUDED
• LAW REVIEW ARTICLES ON AGRICULTURAL
• SECTION 1631: DEVELOPMENTS IN FARM PRODUCTS
• CRP APPLICANTS AND THE THREE-YEAR RULE

DECEMBER

• CLAIMS CT. ASSERTS EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION, IGNORING JUSTICE AND ESCH
• EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES UNDER AG. MARKETING AGREEMENT ACT
• SECTION 1631: DEVELOPMENTS IN FARM PRODUCTS – CASE LAW
• IN DEPTH: OVERVIEW OF THE STATE REGULATION OS BIOTECHNOLOGY
• A LAWYER’S GUIDE TO PAYMENT LIMITATIONS