JANUARY

• CHAPTER 12 DOES NOT SOLVE ALL TAX PROBLEMS
• CREDITORS’ LIABILITY: THE LENDER’S RESPONSE
• STATE ROUND UP
• FARMERS’ TOOLS OF THE TRADE
• FEDERAL REGISTER IN BRIEF
• IN DEPTH: BANKRUPTCY FARM RELIEF-THE NEW CHAPTER 12

FEBRUARY

• IMMIGRATION REFORM ACT IMPACTS AGRICULTURE
• ESTOPPEL AND THE FMHA: FMHA CONTINUES TO PREVAIL
• IN DEPTH: THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND THE USDA: AN OVERVIEW
• FEDERAL REGISTER IN BRIEF
• DEFINING MILK ORDER AREAS
• ANTITRUST JUDGMENT REVERSED

MARCH

• CONTRIVED “FLOAT” VIOLATES PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ACT
• CONSERVATION EASEMENTS: A NEW OPTIONS FOR DELINQUENT FMHA BORROWERS
• STATE ROUNDUP
• STATE AGRICULTURAL BARGAINING PROVISION EXCISED
• FEDERAL REGISTER IN BRIEF
• IN DEPTH: FMHA ACTIONS AGAINST DELINQUENT BORROWERS – AN UPDATE
• NO REINSTATEMENT OF VOIDED LIEN

APRIL

• RECOUPMENT IN FMHA FORECLOSURE ACTIONS
• FEDERAL COURT HOLDS NEPA DOES NOT APPLY TO PESTICIDE REGISTRATIONS
• STATE ROUND UP
• FEDERAL REGISTER IN BRIEF
• IN DEPTH: SECURITY INTERESTS IN PAYMENTS FROM GOVERNMENT FARM PROGRAMS
• CONSERVATION TO CHAPTER 12
• INJUCTION ALLOWS FARMLAND DAIRIES TO ENTER NEW YORK MILK MARKET

MAY

• SUPREME COURT APPROVES CALIFORNIA REGULATION OF FEDERAL LAND
• WATER POLLUTION AND FEDERAL COMMON LAW OF NUISANCE
• IN DEPTH: IMMIGRATION REFORM PROVISIONS AND AGRICULTURE
• BARN OUTSIDE CURTILAGE OF FARMHOUSE
• COOPERATIVE TAXATION

JUNE

• FIELD SANITATION STANDARD PROMULGATED
• PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION UNDER FARM CREDIT AMENDMENTS ACT OF 1985 REJECTED
• IN DEPTH: UNDERSTANDING THE CURRENT CRISIS WITH THE ASCS
• LETTER FROM JAMES B. DEAN
• DISCLAIMER OF JOINT TENANCIES
• NO NOTICE SALES OF CATTLE

JULY

• TEMPORARY INTERFERENCE TAKINGS
• FARM CREDIT SYSTEM INTEREST RATES
• LOST OPPORTUNITY COSTS IN CHAPTER 12
• SETOFF OF EQUITY CREDITS DENIED
• FARMLAND PLANNING AND ZONING GUIDE

AUGUST

• COOP’S QUALIFICATION UNDER I.R.C. SECTION 521
• FMHA SOFTWOOD TIMBER LOAN PROGRAM
• VETERINARIANS AND STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS
• IN DEPTH: PATENT RIGHTS IN BIOTECH DEVELOPMENT
• CONTROLS ON GENTIC ENGINEERING

SEPTEMBER

• USDA PAYMENT LIMITATION TERMED CAPRICIOUS
• RIGHT-TO-FARM LAW APPLIED FAVORABLY
• CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM
• IN DEPTH: BUREAU OF RECLAMATION ACREAGE LIMITATION RULES
• PROCESSOR DAMAGES TO GROWERS
• SOLE PROPRIETOR CHAPTER 11

OCTOBER

• COLEMAN/FARMERS HOME LITIGATION UPDATE
• NONPOINT SOURCE GUIDANCE
• USDA ANIMAL RESEARCH AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS
• ARE CATTLE CONSIDERED “TOOLS OF THE TRADE?”
• COOPERATIVE DIRECTORSHIP LEGISLATION
• IN DEPTH: CONVERSATION EASEMENT QUALIFYING FOR FEDERAL TAX INCENTIVES

NOVEMBER

• IRD REVOKES ” PIK AND ROLL” RULING
• FINAL RULES ON SWAMBUSTER AND SODBUSTER PROGRAM
• THE UNIFORM CAPITALIZATION RULES AND CATTLE HELD FOR BREEDING
• MILK ORDER AREAS
• AGRICULTURAL ESCAPES FLORIDA’S SALES AND USE TAX ON SERVICE
• FEDERAL REGISTER

DECEMBER

• FMHA RESPONSES TO LATEST COLEMAN DECISION
• TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS BILL MAY NOT PASS THIS YEAR
• DISCHARGE OF INDEBTEDNESS INCOME – CHANGES IN RULES FOR SOLVENT FARMERS
• STRAY VOLTAGE LITIGATION
• THE IMPACT OF THE PASSIVE ACTIVITY RULES ON AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT
• SELLER LIABILITY FOR CANCELLATION OF PRINCIPAL
• PATRONAGE-SOURCED COOP EARNINGS