Farmland values and credit conditionsBy David B. OppedahlAgricultural Law, April 2008The largest annual increase in farmland values, 16 percent, in almost three decades highlighted an amazing year for agriculture in the Seventh Federal Reserve District.
Life estate transaction legal considerationsBy Alan E. StumpfAgricultural Law, February 2008To serve our clients better we need to be thinking and counseling about a number of future responsibility, transaction and taxation issues.
Estate and gift tax changes for 2008By Mike DroneAgricultural Law, December 2007Only a few changes in the estate and gift tax law go into effect in 2008.
Payment eligibility and limitationsAgricultural Law, December 2007This article is from the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Web site.
Does size matter? Homestead and Tenancy by the entiretyBy Richard F. BalesAgricultural Law, November 2007Are there limits to the size and nature of a married couple’s homestead that can be owned as tenants by the entirety?
Agricultural Assistance Act of 2007By Jeffrey A. MolletAgricultural Law, October 2007This article is from the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Web site.
Minimum wage ratesAgricultural Law, June 2007From the clients need to know file...
2007 General Assembly Agricultural Legislative UpdateBy Paul A. MeintsAgricultural Law, May 2007Editor’s Note – the following is as of the end of March, 2007, and gives us a good idea of where things stand as this sessions moves forward.
Agriculture in CongressBy Lewis F. MatuszewichAgricultural Law, May 2007With the restructuring of Congress, some of us may have lost track of the committee assignments and those legislators who are representing us in the areas that touch upon agriculture.
2006 Agricultual Law UpdateBy Margaret L. van DijkAgricultural Law, February 2007Amends the Open Meetings Act.
Estate and gift tax changes for 2007By Mike DroneAgricultural Law, February 2007Only a few changes in the estate and gift tax law go into effect in 2007.
Conservation easements: Smart growth or sprawl promotion?By Jesse J. Richardson, Jr.Agricultural Law, December 2006This article attempts to briefly summarize some of the land use planning issues arising from perpetual conservation easements.
Coexistence failures and damage control: An initial look at genetically engineered riceBy A. Bryan Endres & Justin G. GardnerAgricultural Law, November 2006Riceland Foods, the nation’s largest rice cooperative, alerted Bayer CropScience (Bayer) in June 2006 of its discovery of genetically engineered rice in the 2005 rice harvest. Shortly thereafter, Bayer confirmed this finding and reported the results to USDA.
IRS revises Form 706Agricultural Law, November 2006With thanks to a long time contributor and former Chairman, Paul Meints, we learn of recent action by the Internal Revenue Service that may have an impact on those of us who do estate planning, probate or tax work. —jmollet
Agricultural liens: A comparison of Chinese secured transactions law and UCC Article 9By Liu XinInternational and Immigration Law, September 2006The American Regulations of secured transactions as they relate to agriculture, set forth under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code [hereinafter UCC-9], have been deemed the most revolutionary and important article in the entire UCC. One of the most prominent characteristics of UCC-9 is that it unifies many sorts of similar transactions, which otherwise belong to different legal regimes, including agriculture.
Selling food in the European UnionBy Lynne R. OstfeldAgricultural Law, August 2006The following article is a summary of a project to provide advice to Illinois farmers wishing to engage in value added work by selling a ready to eat meal in the European Union.
Selling food in the European UnionBy Lynne R. OstfeldInternational and Immigration Law, July 2006A summary of a project to provide advice to Illinois farmers wishing to engage in value added work by selling a ready-to-eat meal in the European Union.
Federal court strikes down Nebraska corporate farming lawBy Roger A. McEowen & Neil E. HarlAgricultural Law, April 2006The following articles originally appeared in the January 2006 issue of the AGRICULTURAL LAW UPDATE published by the American Agricultural Law Association.
Brief legislation updateBy Jeffrey A. MolletAgricultural Law, November 2005There have been a few recent legislative enactments of note.
Crop insurance: A tool for managing your farmer-clients’ riskBy Donald L. UchtmannAgricultural Law, November 2005Professor Uchtmann's reference below to the “farmdoc” Web site (http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu) can lead you to a vast amount of information from the University of Illinois, Professor Uchtmann and his colleagues.
Estate and gift tax changes for 2006By Mike DroneAgricultural Law, November 2005Editor's Note - here is the annual general information update from Mike Drone, a long-time supporter and member of this Section. Always a pleasure to have members who can be counted on to help us all get the new information before we actually have to put it into practice.
Risk management strategies for identity preserved grain exportsBy A. Bryan EndresAgricultural Law, September 2005Emerging foreign regulations for imported grain ultimately may result in trace-back liability to U.S. farmers for the commingling of even miniscule amounts of genetically engineered DNA.
