JANUARY

• FIFTH CIRCUIT RULES USDA WITHOUT AUTHORITY TO SHUT DOWN TEXAS PACKING PANT FOR SALMONELLA CONTAMINATION
• FORUM SELECTION CLAUSE IN MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT RULED ENFORCEABLE
• SUPREME COURT HOLDS UTILITY PATENTS MAY BE ISSUED FOR PLANTS

FEBRUARY

• ANTIBIOTICS AND RESISTANCE BACTERIA
• SEVENTH CIRCUIT STAYS USDA’S IMMEDIATE AND INDEFINITE SUSPENSION OF PACA DEALER’S LICENSE
• BATTLES AND SKIRMISHES IN THE BIOTECH PATENT ARENA

MARCH

• NEW CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM GOOD FAITH RELIANCE AND EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RULES
• NINTH CIRCUIT DISMISS SUIT CHALLENGING AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGREEMENT ACT PRODUCER-HANDLER EXEMPTION
• NOTES ON THE USDA WILDLIFE HABITAT INCENTIVES PROGRAM

APRIL

• STATE PLACE OF ORIGIN LABELING REQUIREMENTS FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
• SUMMARY OF SELECTED PROVISION OF JOB CREATION AND WORKER ASSISTANCE ACT OF 200

MAY

• NINTH CIRCUIT RULES THAT FACTORING AGREEMENTS DO NOT PER SE BREACH PACA TRUST
• “BUSINESS MANAGER AGREEMENT” BETWEEN BANK AND PRODUCE DEALER FOUND TO VIOLATE PACA TRUST
• RESOLVING THE FUTURE OF FARM POLICY: SIX-YEAR FARM BILL SIGNED

JUNE

• SECURITY INTEREST IN FARM EQUIPMENT REMAINS PERFECTED DESPITE ERRONEOUS TERMINATION OF FINANCING STATEMENT
• MANAGING AGRICULTURAL RISKS AFTER STARLINK: THE ROLE OF INJUNCTIONS AND CONTRACTS IN CONTAINING BIOTECH CROP RISKS

JULY

• D.C. CIRCUIT RULES USDA VIOLATED 1985 FOOD SECURITY ACT AND A PA PROCEDURES IN IMPLEMENTATION OF SUGAR PROGRAM
• FARMER’S CONVICTION FOR FALSIFYING FSA LOAN APPLICATIONS AND BRIBERY REVERSED BY FIFTH CIRCUIT
• APPELLATE COURT UPHOLDS EPA AUTHORITY TO SET LIMITS ON WATER POLLUTION FROM AGRICULTURAL SOURCES

AUGUST

• TYSON FOODS, INC., LIABLE FOR $891,660.00 IN DAMAGES
• ELEVENTH CIRCUIT RULES THAT RAINFALL REMOVED BY PUMPING IS A “STORMWATER DISCHARGE” UNDER CLEAN WATER ACT
• SOUTH DAKOTA JUDGE FINDS BEEF PROMOTION PROGRAM UNCONSTITUTIONAL

SEPTEMBER

• LIVESTOCK FARMERS DENIED DISASTER RELIEF
• IT’S OCTOBER 21ST: DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR ORGANIC CLIENTS ARE REGARDING THE NEW FEDERAL REGULATIONS?
• PROPERTY VALUATION MAY BE REDUCED BY PROXIMITY TO LIVESTOCK OPERATION

OCTOBER

• NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION LACKS STANDING TO CHALLENGE CLASSIFICATION AND USE OF DOWNED ANIMALS
• SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION FILED BY CROP INSURANCE AGENCY DENIED
• CAN FARMERS SAVE ROUNDUP READY BEANS FOR SEED?

NOVEMBER

• THE NEW FARM BILL EXPANDS THE AVAILABILITY OF EQUITABLE RELIEF FOR GOOD FAITH VIOLATIONS OF FARM PROGRAM RULES
• MICHIGAN DISTRICT COURT FINDS PORK PROMOTION PROGRAM UNCONSTITUTIONAL

DECEMBER

• CONGRESS EXTENDS CHAPTER 12 BANKRUPTCY
• DEBT EXCEPTED FROM BANKRUPTCY FOR FARMER MAKING FALSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
• SUPREME COURT TIE UPHOLDS FINES AGAINST FARMER FOR PLOWING WETLANDS