Taxpayer Did Not Qualify For Agricultural Production Exemption by Warner Norcross & Judd - Appellate Practice... on 4/23/2012 In Sietsema Farms Feeds, LLC v Department of Treasury, the Michigan Court of Appeals considered whether a taxpayer qualified for an agricultural production exemption on certain equipment, including truck scales, storage tanks...more
McAfee & Taft AgLINC - February 2012 by McAfee & Taft on 4/16/2012 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: - 1 Full Circle: A lawyer’s story of returning to the family farm - 4 When livestock stray - 5 What every farmer needs to know about the crop insurance appraisal process - 6 FREQUENTLY ASKED...more
How The Restaurant Industry Might Be Affected By Plans to Grown Meat In A Lab? by Law Offices of David A. Gabay, PC on 2/20/2012 A recent article posted on MSNBC’s website by Alan Boyle revealed that a scientist working at a university in the Netherlands is working on a project to grow animal meat in a laboratory using funding provided by a private...more
Patents in the Field by Field Law on 2/4/2012 The term “patent exhaustion” does not refer to the feeling you get when an IP lawyer talks for 3 hours about invalidity for lack of obviousness. No, this is the patent law concept that the first authorized, unrestricted sale...more
Interview Agrarisch Magazine januari 2012 by Arthur van Hoey Smith on 1/1/2012 Een interview in het Agrarisch Magazine van Cunningham Lindsey, januari 2012...more
Recovering Attorney Fees in Crop Insurance Disputes with the Risk Management Agency: The Equal Access to Justice Act in NAD... by McAfee & Taft on 11/9/2011 Agricultural Law Update - Volume 28, Number 4 - November 2011 Purchasers of federally reinsured crop insurance policies often find themselves at odds with the actions of the Risk Management Agency (the “RMA”), the arm of...more
SB 618 Provides Limited Williamson Act Relief for Solar Developers by Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 11/1/2011 Just signed by Governor Brown, SB 618 (Wolk) creates, for the first time, an explicit mechanism for landowners and solar developers to remove non-prime agricultural land from existing Williamson Act contracts in order to use...more
New procedures for foreclosure on agister's liens By Jeff Todd and Andrew Long by McAfee & Taft on 7/27/2011 Originally published in Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association - July 26, 2011 While the Oklahoma horse industry survived the recent economic decline fairly well, we are aware of many horse boarding and training...more
Australia's Clean Energy Future - Carbon Farming by Dermot Duncan on 7/21/2011 Summary of the Carbon Farming Initiative in Australia - which is the proposed "domestic" off-set for the proposed Federal Emissions Trading Scheme due to be implemented in July 2012....more
The Hacienda Luisita Corporate Give-Away http://y.ahoo.it/wIxM92 by Rey Cartojano on 7/10/2011 The Hacienda Luisita Corporate Give-Away http://y.ahoo.it/wIxM92 Atty. Elpidio V. Peria The Hacienda Luisita Corporate Give-Away: How The Supreme Court Tried to Dispense Social Justice While Condemning Landless Farmers to...more
More Than A Handshake: Embryo Transfer Contracts For The Livestock Industry by Cari Rincker on 7/3/2011 This article discusses contract issues dealing with embryo transfers in the livestock issue....more
More Than A Handshake: Why The Beef Industry Needs Written Embryo Transfer Contracts by Cari Rincker on 7/3/2011 This article discusses why beef producers should get embryo transfer contracts in writing and what should be included in those contracts....more
USDA Gives OK for "Organic" Labeling for Third- Party Certified Textiles; National Organic Program Policy Clarified by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/29/2011 On May 20, 2011, the United States Department of Agriculture's National Organic Program ("NOP") issued a Policy Memorandum (PM-11-14) addressing the labeling of textile products containing organic ingredients (such as organic...more
McAfee & Taft AgLINC: The Oklahoma Livestock Owner’s Lien Act By Jeff Todd by McAfee & Taft on 6/15/2011 Prior to November 2010, Eastern Livestock Company, LLC (“Eastern”) was one of the largest cattle brokerage companies in the United States. Eastern bought and resold cattle throughout the country under a variety of contractual...more
McAfee & Taft AgLINC - June 2011 by McAfee & Taft on 6/14/2011 In This Issue: 1 Jacky Martin racing again 2 Endangered species litigation 3 The Oklahoma Livestock Owner’s Lien Act 4 Winds of change Excerpt from "Jacky Martin racing again" Racing legend looks to McAfee & Taft...more