Missouri Agricultural Law Center (MALC)

     

 

State Historical Society of Missouri/ Courtesy
George Caleb Bingham’s “Watching the Cargo” (1949)

 

Liability Disclaimer:  The information on this web site should not be relied upon as constituting legal advice.   If you suspect you need legal  advice, contact an attorney.  Laws can change, so articles about laws can become outdated.  And legal minds, like non-legal minds(!), do not always agree on legal issues.  This information and links are provided to provide educational information.   I hope it will help you better understand legal aspects of "ag law" situations, and get timely legal advice from an attorney. (How to find an excellent attorney)

 

The MALC site is prepared with the best intentions to serve Missouri farmers and rural residents.

Stephen F. Matthews
Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Law
University of Missouri

 

     

  

 

Links You Might Find Interesting

  1. A Legal Primer on the BP Gulf Oil Spill:  Is BP Really Protected By A $75 Million Cap On Damages? 

  2. Gulf Oil Spill Liability:  BP Is Not Alone In Exposure

  3. Want to hang wet laundry outside on a clothes line?  Better check with your homeowners' association rules

  4. Independent Contractor OR Employee?  Employers prefer workers be independent contractors because...

  5. EARTH Photos:  One Moment In Time

  6. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Plans To Prevent Giant Snakes In Florida

  7. Missouri Hunter Education Online Course

  8. Hunting Information State-by-State

  9. Fishing Licenses & Regulations State-by-State

  10. Missouri Fishing License Information

  11. Canada:  Fishing License & Regulations

  12. Texas:  Fishing License & Regulations

  13. Minnesota:  Fishing License & Regulations

  14. Minnesota:  Legal Age Requirements (guns, fishing, personal watercraft, watercraft)

  15. Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC)

  16. Hunting & Trapping in Missouri

  17. Target Shooting:  Find Where To Shoot

  18. Hunt and Shoot Organization

  19. Game Bird Organizations

  20. Game Animal Organizations

  21. 65,000 Fewer Americans To Get Food Poisoning Under Proposed USDA Food Safety Regulation (campylobacter and/or salmonella poisoning from chicken and turkey)

    • Under the new standards, only 7.5% of chicken carcasses at a plant would be allowed to test positive for salmonella, down from 20% allowed since 1996.

    • The new rules for campylobacter, which had not been regulated before, are that companies fail if they have more than 10% positives for "highly contaminated" carcasses and 46% for "low level" contamination. The USDA estimates that about 50% of poultry plants are now at this level. In 2008, an estimated 40.2% chickens tested positive for campylobacter, which causes diarrhea, cramping, abdominal pain and fever. The CDC estimates campylobacter infects 2.4 million Americans a year and kills 124.

    • "These standards will have probably the greatest public impact for consumers' health since anything USDA has adopted in the last 15 years," says Caroline Smith DeWaal, food safety director at the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington, D.C.

  22. BP Sprays Chemicals Into Main Gulf Oil Leak, Other Options Considered

  23. New Bone Marrow Transplant Method

  24. Pets Can Get Cancer From Your Smoking

  25. Why Do So Many Oil Spills Happen?  The Science and History of Oil Spills

  26. Geo-engineering Schemes To Address Global Warming

  27.  Decades After Apple Scare (Alar), Pesticides Linger

  28. Cape Wind Farm Project:  Approved

  29. Light Bulb War?  New LED's By GE, Home Depot Compete

  30. Challenge:  How Would YOU Go About Cleaning Up (Plastics) The Pacific Ocean?

  31. Michigan Farmer Monitors Factory Farm Pollution To Save The Environment

  32. Why Can't Microbes Clean Up That Giant Oil Spill?  (bio-remediation)

  33. Silage May Be Causing Unusually High Ozone Levels In California's San Joaquin Valley

  34. Supreme Court Questions Ban Of Biotech Alfalfa

  35. Tractors Invade Paris As Farmers Protest

  36. Tyson Foods Spent $611,937 Lobbying Government In First Three Months

  37. Cuba's Seed Man Wins Global Environmental Prize

  38. U.S. Ag Producers Fight Back Against Animal Rights Groups

  39. Invasive Fish (Asian Carp) Makes Inroads Towards Great Lakes

  40. Farmers Hope "Grown In Wisconsin" Sells In China

  41. Lucrative Alpacas Give Northwest Missouri Farmers The Warm Fuzzies

  42. USDA & EPA Urging Farmers To Use Coal Wastes On Their Land

  43. Government Report Looks At Ethanol's Use Of Water

  44. Virginia Considering Whether To Reintroduce Elk (From The Rocky Mountains)

  45. "Hobby" Farming's Popularity Grows

  46. Kentucky Considers Legalizing Hemp (alternative fuels, cloth, cosmetics, paper, carpet)

  47. Size Matters In Switchgrass Research (for biofuels)

  48. Researchers At Michigan State University Look At Rutabagas For Biofuel

  49. No BS:  Iowa Hosts Manure Expo

  50. Recession Takes Bite Out Of Alligator Farms

  51. Mid-Missouri Morels and Mushroom Hunting

  52. Columbia's Garbage Dump:  History of Its Solid Waste Disposal

  53. Morel to the Story

  54. Recycled Single-Asphalt Mixture Saves MODOT $20 Million

  55. Why More U.S. Expatriates Are Turning In Their Passports

  56. Will the Rural Economy Rebound in 2010?

  57. The New ACRE Program: Costs and Effects

  58. Financial Challenges Facing Farm Enterprises

  59. The Political History of Central Banking in the United States:  1790 - 2009

  60. Amtrak begins experiment to let cows produce horsepower

  61. Missouri Department of Agriculture takes over Prairie Pride (Nevada) biodiesel plant

  62. Monsanto bets that global warming is real

  63. Genetically Engineered Crops Benefit Many Farmers,
    But The Technology Needs Proper Management to Remain Effective
     

  64. Raw Milk Fans Say Laws Violate Rights

  65. Organic Beet Farmers Seek Injunction To Halt Planting of Monsanto's Genetically-Modified Beet Seed

  66. Missouri appeals court knocks down CAFO buffer around Arrow Rock historical village

  67. The number of dairies in California has plummeted by more than 500 in the past decade, with many moving to other states enticing them with promises of lower costs and simpler regulations

  68. Federal regulators are set to release the most sweeping antitrust rules covering the meat industry in decades, potentially altering the balance of power between meat companies and the farmers who raise their animals

  69. Researchers hone in on bee die-off (colony collapse) disorder treatments

  70. Making Sure eWaste Like Old TVs and Computers (Toxins Like Lead and Mercury) Are Recycled Responsibly (R-2 Standard or eStewards Standard)

  71. Delaying Having Kids May Prevent Financial "Motherhood Penalty"

  72. Portabello Mushrooms: New Hybrid Patent (NOT Genetically Modified) Increases Yields 20%

  73. The HR 875 Food Safety Modernization Act Scare

  74. Monsanto and HR 875: Take Two

  75. Legal Rights for Farmworkers:  Know Your Rights

  76. What happens when Monsanto's patent expires in 2014 on Roundup Ready Soybeans?

  77. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Corn Ethanol Production:  Efficiency and Environmental Concerns

  78. The Plight of Ethanol Plants

  79. Feral Pigs Rapid Spread in Missouri Hogties MDC

  80. Monsanto sues Pilot Grove area farmers for "patent infringement" of Roundup-Ready soybeans

  81. Legal Liability Issues for Handling Manure

  82. What if natural gas or oil were under your land?  Pros & cons of leasing mineral rights

  83. Do conservation agents have the right to enter upon private land to check hunters for the proper hunting permits/licenses?

  84. Missouri Conservation Agents:  Do they have the legal right to come onto private property?

  85. Boating in Floodwaters:  You May Be Charged With Criminal Trespass!

 

 

 


MALC Publications

  1. Workouts (Renegotiations) With Creditors

  2. Bankruptcy:  Chapter 12

  3. Bankruptcy:  Chapter 7

  4. Bankruptcy:  Chapters 11 and 13

  5. Animal Liability:  Farmers' Liability for Livestock

  6. Animal Neglect or Abuse:  Criminal Liability for Mistreating Animals

  7. Contracts in Production Agriculture:  Freedom to Contract, Public & Private Goods 

  8. Corporate Farming Statute:  What It Can and Can't Do
          *Missouri Statutes, Chapter 350:  Corporate Farming Restrictions

  9. Employers:  Liability of Farm Employers

  10. Fence Law Revised in Missouri  

  11. Fencing and Boundary Laws of Missouri

  12. Financing:  Security Interests in Personal Property

  13. Kelo vs. New London:  What happened? State legislative responses

  14. Leases:  Legal Aspects of Verbal Farm Leases
         *Missouri Statutes, Chapter 441.050:  60-Day Written Notice To Terminate Farm Year-to-Year Lease

  15. Landowners' Liabilities (or Tenants') for Injuries to Hunters and other "Land Entrants"

  16. Litter Laws in Missouri

  17. Nuisance Torts: Ranchers' Liabilities under Missouri Law
          *Missouri Statutes, Chapter 537.295:  Right-to-Farm Protection for Ag Operation

  18. Partnerships for Farmers:  Legal Aspects

  19. Posting Land Against Trespassers:  Purple Paint Markings or Signs Will Work in Missouri

  20. Right-to-Farm Laws:  Will Missouri's Statute Withstand a Constitutional Challenge Today?

  21. Animal Neglect or Abuse under Missouri Statutes

  22. Wildlife & Public Lands

  23. Dog Bites & Dog Liability under Missouri Law  

  24. Warranty Deeds & Quitclaim Deeds   

  25. Farm Machinery on Missouri Highways

  26. Air Pollution and the Federal Clean Air Act

  27. Water Pollution and the Federal Clean Water Act  

  28. Endangered & Threatened Species Acts (federal & Missouri)

  29. Public Rights in Streams (water laws)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Reading Rooms

  1. Adverse Possession

  2. ATV Accidents

  3. Bankruptcy

  4. Legalities of Setting Up Your Business  

  5. Contracting

  6. CAFOs 

  7. Cemeteries (private)  

  8. Conservation Easements  

  9. Crimes Involving Crops or Livestock  

  10. Easements  

  11. Eminent Domain (Condemnation)  

  12. Estate Planning  

  13. Fence Laws  

  14. Hunting Leases and Liability  

  15. Labor Laws & Agriculture

  16. Leases (Farm)

  17. Liability & Landowners/Tenants  

  18. Nuisances and Livestock  

  19. Spray Drift  

  20. Taxes   

  21. Trespass: Posting Requirements  

  22. Wind Energy Farming  


Other "Ag Law Centers"

  1. Dog Bite Law

  2. Equine Law Center

  3. Farmers' Legal Action Group, Inc.

  4. Florida Agricultural Law Center

  5. Iowa State Center for Ag Law & Taxation

  6. Michigan State Animal Law Center

  7. National Agricultural Law Center

  8. Ohio State Agricultural & Resource Law Program

  9. Penn State & Dickinson Ag Law Center

  10. Southern Environmental Law Center

  11. Texas Real Estate Center

  12. Energy and Mineral Law Foundation

  13. Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund

  14. Southern Poverty Law Center

  15. Great Rivers Environmental Law Center (St. Louis)

  16. Center for Wildlife Law

  17. Center for Applied Rural Innovation

  18. Illinois:  FarmDoc

  19. Indiana (Purdue):  Strategic Business Planning for Commercial Producers

  20. Iowa:  Ag Decision Maker

  21. Kansas:  AG Manager Info Center

  22. Minnesota:  Center for Farm Financial Management

  23. Missouri Business Development Network

  24. Getting Through Tough Financial Times (Illinois) 

Newspapers, Blogs, Other "Stuff"

  1. TOPIX News: Business-Agriculture

  2. The Huffington Post

  3. Crooks & Liars

  4. PEW Agricultural Biotechnology Initiative

  5. Council of State Governments:  Agriculture & Rural Policies

  6. Missouri Online Newspapers

  7. Springfield News-Leader

  8. Sedalia Democrat

  9. St. Joe News

  10. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  11. Kansas City Star

  12. Chicago Tribune

  13. Washington Post

  14. New York Times

  15. USA Today

  16. AP Top News

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

References

  1. AgEBB

  2. Agricultural Statutes (by state)

  3. Bill Tracking (Missouri House & Senate)

  4. BLOG: Agricultural Law

  5. Cases (Missouri)

  6. Census of Agriculture

  7. Congressional Research Service Reports

  8. Department of Agriculture (Missouri)

  9. Department of Conservation (Missouri)

  10. Department of Natural Resources (Missouri)

  11. Extension Guide Sheets (Missouri)

  12. General Assembly (Missouri)

  13. Government Accounting Office (GAO)

  14. Library of Congress (THOMAS)

  15. Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator

  16. Missouri Bar Association

  17. Regulations (Federal)

  18. State Regulations (Missouri)

  19. Statutes (Missouri)

  20. Supreme Court Database (Missouri)

  21. U.S. Code (statutes)

 

   

  

Copyright:  Stephen F. Matthews.   All rights reserved.  (l996)                                                                             
http://aglaw.missouri.edu/
  

Disclaimer
The information contained in this website location is intended to be for general information only and should not be relied on when making decisions without obtaining competent legal counsel from an attorney.   Laws vary from state to state and no representations are made to the accuracy of information.