Overview Federal crop insurance is an important part of the agricultural safety net, helping farmers manage production and revenue risks. The program, however, depends on accurate reporting and compliance with policy requirements. Deliberately falsifying production records or other material information to obtain benefits can lead to consequences far beyond repayment. […]Read more »
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New Protections for Property Rights, Water, and Rural Assets Overview The 2026 Kansas legislative session has been particularly active concerning agriculture and rural landowners, with lawmakers focusing heavily on property rights and water management. Several key bills have been signed into law that directly impact how Kansans farm, ranch, and […]Read more »
Overview As I have noted many times before. There are many ways in which the law intersects with the daily lives of farmers and ranchers. Today’s article addresses several of those areas. Just a little thinking out loud on a random basis. Self-defense; Good Samaritan laws; preparing for the exit; […]Read more »
Overview One of the things that my law students learn shortly into a new semester is that agricultural law covers a wide array of topic matters and will address many areas of the law that they have yet to be exposed to. That is on display in today’ blog article. […]Read more »
Overview I have started a new Substack that contains the “Rural Practice Digest.” You can access it at mceowenaglawandtax.substack.com. While I will post other content from time-to-time that is available without a paid subscription, the Digest is for paid subscribers. The inaugural edition is 22 pages in length and covers […]Read more »
Cranberry Bogs and the Clean Water Act Courte Oreilles Lakes Association, Inc. v. Zawistowski, No. 3:24-cv-00128 (W.D. Wis. Filed Feb. 28, 2024) The Clean Water Act regulates the discharge of pollutants from a fixed point into a water of the United States. Not regulated is water runoff from irrigation activities […]Read more »
Overview In response to attempts to shut down animal confinement operations by activist groups, legislatures in several states have enacted laws designed to protect these businesses by limiting access. A common approach is for the law to criminalize the use of deception to access a confined livestock facility or meatpacking […]Read more »
Overview With the immediately previous blog article I started the journey through what I believe are the Top Ten developments in ag law and tax of 2023. In that article I wrote about developments ten, nine and eight. Today, it’s the seventh and sixth most important ones. Again, all of […]Read more »
Overview On August 7-8 in beautiful Coeur d’ Alene, ID, Washburn Law School the second of its two summer conferences on farm income taxation as well as farm and ranch estate and business planning. A bonus for the ID conference will be a two-day conference focusing on various ag legal […]Read more »
The following is a listing by category of my blog articles for the first quarter of 2023. Bankruptcy Failure to Execute a Written Lease Leads to a Lawsuit; and Improper Use of SBA Loan Funds https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/agriculturallaw/2023/02/failure-to-execute-a-written-lease-leads-to-a-lawsuit-and-improper-use-of-sba-loan-funds.html Chapter 12 Bankruptcy – Proposing a Reorganization Plan in Good Faith https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/agriculturallaw/2023/02/chapter-12-bankruptcy-proposing-a-reorganization-plan-in-good-faith.html Business Planning […]Read more »