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 …
Upcoming CLE on Renewable Energy Law for the Agriculture Industry
As I noted in this post, I will be moderating a CLE for the American Bar Association (“ABA”) General Practice, Solo & Small Firm (“GP Solo”) Agriculture Law Committee on “Renewable Energy Law for the Agriculture Industry” on Thursday, October 10, 2013 at 1pm ET. We’ll be discussing solar power purchase agreements, solar lease agreements, wind lease agreements, transmission and …
Some NY Ag Liens You Might Not Have Thought About…
Did you know that New York has the following liens that may affect the food and agriculture industry? Railway Corporation Lien on Transported Animals for a railway corporation incurring expenses in caring for transported animals under N.Y. Agric. & Mkts § 359. Artisan’s Lien for a person who makes, repairs or performs work for an article of personal property under …