As this post is published this morning, I will be lecturing at New York University on land use law, the Right-to-Farm, and urban agriculture to my undergraduate food law class. I assigned the Guide to Urban Farming in New York by Cornell Cooperative Extension Small Farms Program and finally had a chance to review the publication in detail. The summary …
Best of the Barns Competition Nominations
Ranch House Designs, Inc. is currently taking nominations for its annual “Best of the Barns Competition.” I have won the Best Livestock Lawyer for the last two years. If you’re a fan of this “Food, Farm and Family Law Blog” and Rincker Law, PLLC, I would appreciate your nomination for the award. Best of the Barns is currently taking nominations …
Common Agriculture Contracts
I’m speaking today from North Carolina on common agriculture contracts, including agriculture production contracts, custom feeding arrangements, farm leases, farm machinery leases, animal leases (such as bull and horse leases) and partnership agreements. My presentation is below: [slideshare id=26801973&doc=overviewofcommonagriculturecontracts-131002165536-phpapp02] I will be tweeting from the conference today so follow me live! Share this Article
Stocker Cattle Contracts
There are several issues to consider when a cattle producer hires a stocker feeder after the progeny are weaned. Besides the payment terms and term, example issues include the following: 1. Feed and nutrition (including pasture quality and supplemental vitamins and nutrients); 2. Animal health (including vaccinations, veterinary care, deworming for internal parasites); and, 3. Control of pests (e.g., insecticides, …
Upcoming Lawline Presentations on New York Local Food Law
I enjoyed giving my presentation last week on how to start and build a food and agriculture law practice. I will be posting the presentation on this blog in upcoming weeks. As a reminder, here are the two coming up on local food law: Counseling the Local Food Movement (Part I): October 24, 2013 from 4-5pm. I’ll be giving an …
Upcoming Animal Welfare Law CLE with the National Agriculture Law Center
For those of you who won’t be attending the live webinar on renewable energy law for the agriculture industry on October 10 at 1pm ET, the National Agricultural Law Center and the American Agricultural Law Association will co-sponsor a webinar titled, Enforcing Animal Welfare Laws: Whose Job Is It Anyway? The program will address the authority of private citizens to …
Are You a Food and Agriculture Lawyer? 2 min Survey on Technology
As I noted in yesterday’s blog post, I’ll be speaking at the American Agriculture Law Association (“AALA”) Annual Meeting about technology in the food and agriculture law practice. I have a 2 minute survey on technology for food and agriculture lawyers- would mean a lot to me if you could answer a few questions about your current technology use. The …
Attending the 2013 Annual Agriculture Law Symposium
I am looking forward to the American Agriculture Law Association (“AALA”) Annual Meeting on October 31-November 2, 2013 in Madison, Wisconsin. You can find a brochure for the conference online here. If you’re there, please be sure to say hello. Of course I will be tweeting from the conference with the hashtag #AA13. The Annual Updates in Agriculture Law …
Survey of Cottage Food Operation Law
I recently reviewed this article from the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic titled “Cottage Food Laws in the United States.” I think the authors did a nice job summarizing the trends throughout the country. I used this article as recommended reading for the undergraduate food law class that I’m teaching at New York University (“NYU”). Cottage food operation law …