JANUARY

• MIXED NEWS TO ESTATE PLANNERS USING GRIT’S
• EIGHTH CIRCUIT INTERPRETS FMHA BUYOUT REGULATIONS
• CLEAN WATER ACT TAKING CLAIMS: TWO RECENT VIEWS
• IN DEPTH: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OF HOG CONFINEMENT SYSTEMS AND FEEDLOTS: HOW ONE STATE’S POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY ANALYZES THE ISSUES
• BACK FROM BIT-BYTE HEAVEN
• STATE ROUNDUP

FEBRUARY

• NEW FEDERAL PESTICIDE RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS
• COURT ALLOWS CHAPTER 12 DIRECT PAYMENTS
• THE JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ASCS DECISIONS
• AGRICULTURAL LAW BIBLIOGRAPHY
• FEDERAL HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TRANSPORTATION REGULATIONS POSE NEW CHALLENGES TO AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS

MARCH

• KANSAS ADOPTS HYBRID FORM OF LANDOWNER’S DUTY TO ENTRANTS
• DISTRICT COURT RULES ON DISASTER PAYMENTS IN BANKRUPTCY
• SPRINGSNAIL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT LISTING SET ASIDE
• FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR AWARDS COMPETITION
• IN DEPTH: BROKEN FENCES- INEFFECTIVE AND UNFAIR FENCE LAWS

APRIL

• CHAPTER 12 RULING BY SECOND CIRCUIT
• HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION SYNERGIES IN RULEMAKING
• ASCS DENIALS OF DISASTER ASSISTANCE UPHELD
• BANK LIABLE FOR MISREPRESENTING FARM’S PRODUCTIVITY
• IN DEPTH: LEGAL ISSUES IN CONTRACT PRODUCTION OF COMMODITIES: ISSUES FOR FARMERS AND THEIR LAWYERS – PART I

MAY

• ALMOND MARKETING ORDERS HELD NOT TO BE A “TAKING”
• SUPREME COURT DENIES CERTIORARI IN CHAPTER 12 CASE
• IN DEPTH: LEGAL ISSUES IN CONTRACT PRODUCTION OF COMMODITIES – PART II
• STATE ROUND UP

JUNE

• BLOCK VOTING FOR MARKETING ORDERS
• WORKERS PROTECTION STANDARDS, TODAY AND TOMORROW
• IN DEPTH: THE 1995 FARM BILL: TIME FOR A CHANGE>
• ATTORNEY FEES IN LENDER LIABILITY ACTIONS

JULY

• SUPREME COURT INVALIDATES MASSACHUSETTS MILE PRICING ORDER
• SEVENTH CIRCUIT STRIKES DOWN ASCS DISASTER ACT DECISION AS “ARBITRARY AND UNREASONABLE”
• IN DEPTH: GIFTS FROM REVOCABLE TRUSTS WITHIN THREE YEARS OF DEATH – ARE THE INCLUDED IN THE GROSS ESTATE?
• EIGHTH CIRCUIT REJECTS FARM PROGRAM FRAUD “VAGUENESS” CLAIM
• CHAPTER 12 PROPERTY VALUATION

AUGUST

• MAJOR LAND-USE REGULATION CASE
• FMHA CONSERVATION EASEMENTS
• IN DEPTH: WETLANDS REGULATION IN WASHINGTON STATE
• DEFERENCE STRIKES AGAIN

SEPTEMBER

• I.R.C. SECTION 197 – AMORTIZATION OPPORTUNITIES DOWN ON THE FARM
• FOOD SECURITIES ACT NOT ALLOW COMMISSION MERCHANT/SECURED LENDER TO TAKE CROPS FREE OF PRIOR-FILED UCC SECURITY INTEREST
• IN DEPTH: FEDERAL REGULATION OF ACTIVITIES ON WETLANDS AREAS
• SEVENTH CIRCUIT UPHOLDS DRAGNET LIEN
• SUGAR MARKETING ALLOTMENTS UPHELD
• HOUSE GATT PANEL ENDORSES DEIP EXTENSION

OCTOBER

• EIGHTH CIRCUIT INTERPRETS “DISPOSABLE INCOME” REQUIREMENT IN CHAPTER 12
• LIQUID MANURE SPREADING RULES CLEAN WATER ACT “POINT SOURCE”
• IN DEPTH: MILK MARKETING ORDER LITIGATION
• REVISION TOT HE RIGHT-TO-FARM LAW
• EIGHTH CIRCUIT UPHOLDS $46 MILLION JUDGMENT INCORN SEED CASE
• COURT ANALYZES HOG CONTRACT
• ARKANSAS COURT HOLDS GRAIN BUYER LIABLE FOR LANDLORD’S LIEN ON SELLER’S CROP

NOVEMBER

• USDA DISASTER PAYMENTS “MEANS TEST”
• PRIVACY ACT REVIEW OF ASCS DETERMINATION DENIED
• IN DEPTH: THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF FARM WIVES: WHO OWNS THE FAMILY FARM?

DECEMBER

• FARMERS’ RIGHT TO SELL “BROWN BAGGED” SEED UNDER PVPA RESTRICTED
• “WORD OF MOUTH” REFERRAL DISQUALIFIES EMPLOYER FROM MSAWPA FAMILY FARM EXEMPTION
• IN DEPTH: COOPERATIVE MERGERS AND DISSENTERS’ RIGHTS
• EPA REACHES PROPOSED AGREEMENT ON LAWSUIT CONCERNING PESTICIDES AND THE DELANEY CLAUSE
• ANGLO-AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL LAW SYMPOSIUM
• NINTH CIRCUIT UPHOLDS USDA’S DISASTER LOSS CRITERIA