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Articles From James D. Cottrell

HB3093: Tree clearing legislation sent to Governor for approval By James D. Cottrell Agricultural Law, August 2000 In May of this year, House Bill 3093, concerning tree and soil conservation was submitted to the governor for his signature.
Merchandising claimants entitled to 85% of claim upon liquidation of elevator assets By James D. Cottrell Agricultural Law, August 2000 In Adams Farm, et al. v. Doyle, et al., Docket No. 4-97-1096 (decided March 28, 2000), the Fourth District recently interpreted the Grain Code and held that merchandising claimants were entitled to 85% of their claim in a grain elevator asset liquidation.
Mutual drains: rights and responsibilities By James D. Cottrell Agricultural Law, November 1999 From time to time, practitioners in the agricultural field may be asked by clients to advise them on their rights and responsibilities with regard to drainage facilities which traverse their property or properties owned by any number of other individuals.
Protection of USDA benefits By James D. Cottrell Agricultural Law, November 1999 The purpose of this article is to provide information to practitioners to assist them in protecting their clients' USDA benefits.
A survey of federal conservation programs By James D. Cottrell Agricultural Law, November 1999 In recent years, a number of programs have become available to the agricultural community and others, whose objective is conservation.
The Clean Water Act and the Tulloch Rule By James D. Cottrell Agricultural Law, March 1999 Maintenance of agricultural surface water drainage improvements has always been of the utmost importance in the state of Illinois, whether performed by individual farmers, or by the many drainage districts which have been formed in the last century.

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