JANUARY

• ACTION FOR FAILURE OF INSECTICIDE TO HEAVE DISTINCTIVE ODER, COLOR OR FEEL PREEMPTED BY FIFRA
• PROPOSED REPEAL OF THE FEDERAL ESTATE TAX – IS THIS A GOOD IDEA FOR AGRICULTURE?

FEBRUARY

• NATIONAL ORGANIC PROGRAM FINAL RULE CHALLENGED AS INCONSISTENT WITH THE ORGANIC FOODS PRODUCTION ACT OF 1990
• GUIDANCE ON NEW DOMESTIC PRODUCTION DEDUCTION
• CAFO WATER REGULATIONS INVALIDATED

MARCH

• KEY EMINENT DOMAIN CASE TO NE DECIDED BY U.S. SUPREME COURT
• FEDERAL REGISTER SUMMARY TO APRIL 1, 2005
• UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SCHOOL OF LAW LAUNCHES NEW SPECIALTY JOURNAL ON FOOD LAW

APRIL

• BANKRUPTCY REFORM AND FAMILY FARMERS
• RECREATIONAL USE STATUTES AND E.COLI CONTAMINATION
• GAO SEES DEFICIENCIES IN EFFORTS TO GUARD AGRICULTURE FROM TERRORISM

MAY

• TRADE FIGHT OVER CANADIAN HOGS
• SUPREME COURT RUES THAT BEEF CHECK-OFF IS GOVERNMENT SPEECH; BUT CHECK-OFF LITIGATION MAY NOT BE OVER
• ECONOMIC LOSS DOCTRINE

JUNE

• PEANUT FARMERS’ CLAIMS DISMISSED FOR LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION
• WISCONSIN INSURANCE COMPANY SUBJECT TO JURISDICTION IN ARKANSAS
• THE NEBRASKA HOG WARS

JULY

• MARKET CONCENTRATION, HORIZONTAL CONSOLIDATION, AND VERTICAL INTEGRATION IN HOGS AND CATTLE

AUGUST

• ENERGY POLICY ACT TAX INCENTIVES
• RIGHT TO FARM ISSUES IN PENNSYLVANIA: ARRIVING AT ACT 38
• Bt10 SLIPS INTO THE STREAM OF COMMERCE

SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER

• KELO – SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT, A PROPOSAL FOR REFORM
• IN DEFENSE OF KELO: ONE LAWYER’S TAKE ON TAKINGS
• TOBACCO QUOTA BUYOUT TAX CONSIDERATIONS

NOVEMBER

• FEDERAL REGISTER: SEPTEMBER 3 TO NOVEMBER 11, 2005
• UNRESLOVED ISSUES RAISED BY THE TOBACCO TRANSITION PAYMENT PROGRAM (TTPP, ALSO CALLED THE “TOBACCO BUYOUT”)

DECEMBER

• CONSERVATION EASEMENTS FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDOWNERS
• MORE ON HANDLING CSP PAYMENTS
• CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM LONG-TERM POLICY