JANUARY

• SIXTH CIRCUIT UPHOLDS MILK MARKETING ORDER
• MANURE APPLICATION AGREEMENTS
• FEDERAL REGISTER IN BRIEF
• IN DEPTH: NEW STATUTORY PROVISIONS REGARDING LIABILITY FOR HORSE ACCIDENTS

FEBRUARY

• USDA ORDERED TO PAY INTEREST ON WRONGLY WITHHELD DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS
• TENTH CIRCUIT SETS GUIDELINES FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ASCS DECISIONS
• IN DEPTH: TAX TREATMENT OF IN-KIND WAGES
• STATE ROUNDUP
• AGRICULTURAL LAW BIBLIOGRAPHY
• IRS PLOWS NEW GROUND RE TREATMENT OF LAND CLEAN-UP COSTS

MARCH

• FARMER SALES OF PROTECTED VARIETIES
• STRICT LIABILITY IN SALES OF ANIMALS: IS SECTION 402A OF THE RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF TORTS A TROJAN HORSE?
• PREPARING AND USING PRODUCTION CONTRACTS
• WORKER PROTECTION STANDARD

APRIL

• AN EARLY LOOK AT THE USDA NAD
• THIRD CIRCUIT REJECTS FARMER’S “NORMAL FARMING ACTIVITIES” EXEMPTION CLAIM IN CLAIM IN CLEAN WATER ACT PROCEEDING
• CHAPTER 12 “DISTRICT PAYMENTS” AND TRUSTEE COMPENSATION
• STATE ROUNDUP

MAY

• WETLAND EASEMENT REQUIRED ON FMHA CONVEYANCE TO SENIOR LIENHOLDER
• I.R.S. MAY SIMPLIFY ENTITY CLASSIFICATION RULES
• AGRO-CHEMICAL REDUCTION POLICIES IN THE NETHERLANDS

JUNE

• FEDERAL CIRCUIT FINDS”EGREGIOUS” UNFAIRNESS IN ASCS DETERMINATION
• EPA AMENDS WORKER PROTECTION STANDARDS
• OF HORSES, BARN DOORS, AND THIRTY BALES OF HAY
• DEALING WITH PROPERTY USE RESTRICTIONS FOR THE AGRICULTURAL CLIENT; ARGUING FOR A REDUCTION IN ASSESSED VALUATION
• DISTRICT COURT HOLDS CERTIFIED MAILING OF FMHA LOAN SERVICING NOTICE SATISFIES DUE PROCESS

JULY

• WETLANDS LAW UPDATE
• AGRICULTURAL CREDIT ASSOCIATIONS’ FEDERAL LOAN DRAGNET CLAUSE
• STATE REGULATION OF PRODUCTS FROM COWS TREATED WITH RECOMBINANT BOVINE SOMATOTROPIN
• FLORIDA LEGISLATURE PASSES PROPERTY RIGHTS BILL

AUGUST

• ENDANGERED SPECIES: U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES “HARM” MAY INCLUDE HABITAT MODIFICATION
• PRIMARY JURISDICTION DOCTRINE AND ACTION FOR DAMAGES FOR POULTRY DEALER’S VIOLATION OF PACKER’S AND STOCKYARDS ACT
• IMPACT ON U.S. FARM OF INCREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE
• ANGLO-AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL LAW SYMPOSIUM

SEPTEMBER

• GENERATION SKIPPING TAX
• STATES TAKE ACTION TO LIMIT LENDER LIABILITY UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND REGULATION
• DISTRICT COURT AFFIRMS SWAMPBUSTER COMMENCED CONVERSION DETERMINATION
• NON-INSURED CROP DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
• DISTRICT COURT AFFIRMS ASCS PAYMENT LIMITATION DETERMINATION
• NEW “ONE PERSON” JOINT OPERATION RULE

OCTOBER

• GOVERNMENT AGENCIES LACK MUTUALITY FOR PURPOSES OF SETOFF
• WHEN IS A PIG PORK?
• KANSAS SUCCEEDS IN WATER CLAIM AGAINST COLORADO
• IMPORTATION OF ANIMAL EMBRYOS AND ANIMAL SEMEN UNDER NAFTA AND GATT

NOVEMBER

• OIG’S EFFORT TO CONDUCT PAYMENT LIMITATION AUDITS RULED UNLAWFOUL
• EMERGING ISSUES IN U.S. AGRICULTURAL LAW AND FOOD POLICY
• STATE ROUNDUP

DECEMBER

• AGRICULTURE EXEMPTION UPHELD: HOG OPERATION NOT SUBJECT TO COUNTY ZONING
• STATE LAW CLAIMS FOR DEFECTIVE VACCINES PREEMPTED BY FEDERAL LAW
• PERSISTENT IMPLEMENTATION PROBLEMS UNDER USDA NAD