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Troubled Ag Loans and Chapter 12

Posted on 02/12/2019 at 10:26 AM by Bradley Kruse

Categories: Agribusiness Law, Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law

Tagged As: agribusiness, Chapter 12 bankruptcy, Iowa banking law, loan documentation, loan modification, Market Facilitation Program, Tariffs, Trump

The recent article Wall Street Journal titled Farm Belt Bankruptcies are Soaring, notes that “a wave of bankruptci...

Third Party Ag Liens--You're Not as Secure as You Think

Posted on 02/08/2019 at 12:24 PM by The Newsroom

Categories: Agribusiness Law, Agricultural Law, Banking Law, Brad Kruse, Emily Staudacher

Tagged As: ag lending, banking in Iowa, Harvester Lien, Iowa farmland, Landlord's Liens, liens, Supply Dealer Lien

As the Wall Street Journal reported this week, U.S. farm related Chapter 12 bankruptcy filings are at a ten-year high. D...

Feed Supplier Liens Have Priority Over Bank Liens

Posted on 02/04/2019 at 04:13 PM by John Lande

Categories: Agribusiness Law, Banking Law, Commercial Litigation, John Lande

Tagged As: agribusiness, Iowa banking law, Iowa Commercial Litigation, Iowa Supreme Court, Oyens Feed & Supply Co. v. Primebank, priority of feed supplier's liens

Lenders are already aware of the many economic risks facing the agricultural economy. Less well known are the legal risk...

Government Shutdown Update

Posted on 01/24/2019 at 12:03 PM by Emily Staudacher

Categories: Agribusiness Law, Agricultural Law, Emily Staudacher

Tagged As: Federal Shutdown, FSA, Iowa Agricultural Law, Iowa Department of Human Services, MFP, SNAP Program, Sonny Perdue, USDA

USDA FSA Offices to Reopen Today Secretary Perdue announced that all FSA offices will reopen today through February 8 fr...

USDA to issue February SNAP benefits early due to shutdown

Posted on 01/14/2019 at 03:15 PM by Emily Staudacher

Categories: Agribusiness Law, Dickinson Law News

Tagged As: Federal Shutdown, President Trump, SNAP Program, USDA

The USDA issued a press release announcing that February SNAP benefits will be issued on or before January 20, 2019 in o...

Secretary Perdue Extends Deadline for Market Facilitation Program Applications

Posted on 01/09/2019 at 09:21 AM by Emily Staudacher

Categories: Agribusiness Law, Banking Law, Emily Staudacher

Tagged As: agribusiness, agriculture, Deadline Extension, Market Facilitation Program, Sonny Perdue, USDA

On Tuesday, January 8, Secretary Perdue tweeted that the deadline for Market Facilitation Program applications will be e...

Webinar--Avoiding Aggravation in Ag Lending

Posted on 01/03/2019 at 09:32 AM by The Newsroom

Categories: Agribusiness Law, Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law

Tagged As: ag lending

Ag producers have been caught in the 2018 trade war cross-fire, increasing the number of Midwest Ag loans with paym...

USDA Amends Time-period for Reporting Hog Numbers

Posted on 12/27/2018 at 03:03 PM by Emily Staudacher

Categories: Agribusiness Law, Agricultural Law, Emily Staudacher

Tagged As: agribusiness, market facilitation program, USDA

The USDA has expanded the timeline for producers to certify their 2018 hog numbers. After realizing that a snapsho...

Government Shutdown May Cause Disruption for Market Facilitation Program

Posted on 12/27/2018 at 12:14 PM by Emily Staudacher

Categories: Agribusiness Law, Agricultural Law, Emily Staudacher

Tagged As: farm service agency, MFP, USDA

On December 21, 2018, the federal government entered a partial shutdown effecting multiple agencies within the United St...

USDA Market Facilitation Program Application Deadline Approaching

Posted on 12/20/2018 at 11:45 AM by Emily Staudacher

Categories: Agribusiness Law, Agricultural Law, Banking Law, Emily Staudacher

Tagged As: agriculture, FSA, market facilitation program, MFP, President Trump

On December 17, 2018, the USDA, at the direction of President Trump and Secretary Perdue, announced the release of the s...

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