Blog posts in category Agribusiness Law

Ankeny Arrest is a Reminder that CBD Products Remain Illegal in Iowa

Posted on 12/12/2019 at 12:09 PM by Emily Staudacher

Categories: Agribusiness Law, Agricultural Law, Banking Law, Business Law

Tagged As: CBD oil, hemp, hemp agriculture, hemp farming, USDA, CBD, 2018 Farm Bill, Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, CBD digestible, THC

Ankeny Arrest is a Reminder that CBD Products Remain Illegal in Iowa

Last week, an Ankeny woman was arrested for selling products that contained cannabidiol, or CBD, as it is widely known....

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Effective July 1, 2019, Grain Bins are Exempt From Sales Tax; Complexity, Unanswered Questions Remain

Posted on 07/16/2019 at 02:57 PM by Cody Edwards

Categories: Agribusiness Law, Agricultural Law, Cody Edwards, Table SALT, Taxation Law

Tagged As: contractors, Iowa Agricultural Law, Iowa legislature, Iowa Table SALT , sales tax, Grain Bins

Effective July 1, 2019, Grain Bins are Exempt From Sales Tax; Complexity, Unanswered Questions Remain

After years of confusion about whether grain bins are subject to sales tax, this past legislative session the Iowa legis...

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2019 Farm Program Payments are projected to be the Highest in a Decade

Posted on 07/12/2019 at 08:54 AM by Emily Staudacher

Categories: Agribusiness Law, Agricultural Law, Emily Staudacher

Tagged As: ag lending, agribusiness, agriculture, Farm Program Payments

2019 Farm Program Payments are projected to be the Highest in a Decade

Previously, I discussed that trade wars and wet weather conditions have generated uncertainty in the agricultural indust...

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Minimizing Risk in Agricultural Loans during Times of Uncertainty

Posted on 06/03/2019 at 01:30 PM by Emily Staudacher

Categories: Agribusiness Law, Agricultural Law, Emily Staudacher

Tagged As: CCC, FSA, Iowa Agricultural Law, UCC, USDA

Minimizing Risk in Agricultural Loans during Times of Uncertainty

Trade wars and wet conditions as farmers attempt to plant their 2019 crop have generated a great deal of uncertainty in...

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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

Troubled Ag Loans and Chapter 12

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

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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

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

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

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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

Feed Supplier Liens Have Priority Over Bank Liens

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

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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

Government Shutdown Update

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

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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

USDA to issue February SNAP benefits early due to shutdown

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

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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

Secretary Perdue Extends Deadline for Market Facilitation Program Applications

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

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