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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Farm Lending Pitfalls For Urban Lawyers

OK, so you’re a sophisticated lending attorney in Metropolis who is comfortable with everything from aircraft financing to syndicated loans secured by casinos in Macau. Yet you feel a twinge of uncertainty when a business...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Advancing Agriculture: Security Interests and Article 9 Challenges (Part 2)

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In the second installment of this two-part series, Husch Blackwell's Elizabeth Benefield & Stephanie Kaiser will discuss security interests in agricultural lending and some of the issues a creditor may face in these areas....more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

How Grape Growers Can Protect Their Interests When a Winery Approaches Insolvency

A lot goes into the making of great wine, and when a winery becomes financially unstable, there are multiple competing interests that need to be satisfied, including the banks that provide the winery with financing, the...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

During Economic Uncertainty, Agricultural Producers Should Utilize All Available Tools—Especially Agricultural Liens—to Ensure...

COVID-19 has brought about new economic uncertainty that is disrupting supply chains, from farmers and ranchers to cooperatives, from processors to grocery stores, and all of the way down to consumers. Even solvent purchasers...more

Lathrop GPM

Financial Services Update: Extension of Farmer-Lender Mediation Period

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On April 15, 2020, Governor Tim Walz signed a bill extending the mediation period under the Minnesota Farmer-Lender Mediation Act. The Farmer-Lender Mediation Act is a statutorily required mediation process that must be...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

FSA Compliance, Lien Management Critical for Protecting Interests in Farm Products

Uncertainty in the agricultural industry resulting from the global trade war and falling agricultural prices has increased risk to participants in the agricultural economy. Farm bankruptcies continue to increase, and farm...more

Mintz - Real Estate, Construction &...

How Do You Like Them Apples? PACA and Your Property

Enacted by Congress in 1930 and revised in 1984, the Perishable Agriculture Commodities Act (PACA) protects sellers of perishable agricultural commodities, defined as “fresh fruits and fresh vegetables of every kind and...more

BCLP

In Case You Missed It – PACA Trust Rights in Bankruptcy are Just Plain Old Secured Claims

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Happy 2018! We at The Bankruptcy Cave have been itching to write about the Cherry Growers Chapter 11 case – which really is ground-breaking – but the holidays, life, and yes, work for clients too, all just got in the way. ...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

PACA Liens: A New Cloud on Title?

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The Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) was passed by Congress in 1930 to protect agricultural produce suppliers from unscrupulous vendors who refused to pay the suppliers for their goods. PACA contains language...more

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