Publications Available On-Line

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

2. Farm Lease Agreement:  Key Considerations

3. Farm Partnerships:  Legal Aspects

4. Farmers' Liability for Their Animals

5. Liability of Farm Employers

6. Stockmen's Liabilities Under Missouri Nuisance Law
   *Missouri Statutes, Chapter 537.295:  Right-to-Farm Protection for Ag Operation

7. Litter Laws in Missouri

8. Condemnation Laws in Missouri

9. Marital Trusts in Farm Estate Planning

10. Delayed Payment of Federal Estate Taxes

11. Workouts With Creditors: Bankruptcy Should Be The Last Resort

12. Chapter 12 Family Farm Bankrupcy
        *For updates on this Chapter 12 extension and revision legislation, see the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Internet website, http://www.ABIworld.org.

13. Chapter 7 Bankruptcy:  Liquidation

14. Chapter 11 or 13:  Bankruptcy Reorganization

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

16. Fencing and Boundary Laws of Missouri (newly revised December 18, 2001)
         *Missouri Statutes, Chapter 272: Fencing Statutes

17. Fence Law Revised in Missouri (effective August 28, 2001)

18. Security Interests in Personal Property:  Missouri Revises Article 9, UCC (effective July 1, 2001)

19. Ag Production Contracts:  Freedom to Contract, Public & Private Goods 
    

Ag Law Topics:  Collected Links

1. Contracting:  Agricultural Contracts

2. Mediation: Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

3. Business Planning:  Taxes, Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies, Corporations, Employer Liabilities, Labor Laws

4. Financial Management:  Legal Aspects

5. Estate Planning

6. Elder Law Issues, like nursing home costs

7. Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)

8. Biotechnology: Law, Economics, Sustainable Development, Ethics

9. Biotech Law and Public Goods

10. Mad Cow Disease

11. StarLink Corn:  Genetically Modified Organism Controversy

12. Seed Saving

13. Foot-and-Mouth Disease

14. Packers & Stockyards Act; Ag Structure, Conduct, Performance Issues

15. Globalization of Markets and the Rule of Law

16. Corporate Farming

17. Farm Bankruptcy

18. Migrant Farmworkers

19. Labor Laws & Agriculture

20. Sustainable Agriculture

21. Environmental Law

22. Spray Drift  

23. CAFOs & Livestock Waste Management

24. Litter and Solid Waste Legal Aspects

25. Environmental Education

26. Model Environmental Laws for State & Local Governments

27. Conservation Easements

28. Manure Easements and Contracts for Spreading Manure

29. Road Easements

30. Farmland Real Estate Tax Special Provisions

31. CRP Issues and Options

32. Farm Leases

33. Right-to-Farm Statutes and Nuisance Theory Tort Lawsuits

34. Land Use Laws:  Zoning

35. Eminent Domain (Condemnation)

36. Property Rights

37. Fence Laws

38. Adverse Possession and Prescription

39. Hunting Leases and Fee-Hunting Liability

40. Crimes Involving Damages to Crops or Livestock

41. Landowner & Tenant Liabilities

42. Water Rights & Laws

43. Open Burning Laws in Missouri (DNR)

44. Sovereign Immunity

45. ATV Accidents and Liability Potential

Farm Financial Advice Centers

1. Missouri Rural Crisis Center

2. Resources to Help People With the Farm Crisis

3. Farmers Legal Action Group (FLAG)

4. Center for Rural Affairs (Nebraska)

5. FarmFIRST (University of Missouri)

6. Rural Route 2  (University of Illinois)

7. Rural Response  (University of Minnesota)

8. Choices for Change  (Iowa State University)

9. MO BIS:  Missouri Business Information Source

10. Missouri Small Business Program

11. Ag Innovation Center (Missouri Department of Agriculture)

12. Missouri Business Development Network

13. EntreWorld.Org

14. Center for Applied Rural Innovation (Nebraska)

Legal & Economic Research

1. Legal Research

2. Ag Econ Search:  Agriculture & Applied Economics Articles

3. Search Engines

4. Missouri Statutes

5. Courts.net (portal to state courts)

6. Federal Register; Congressional Record; ...everything from U.S. Govt Printing Office

7. Library Spot: Law Libraries "everywhere"

8. Law Forum:  Agricultural Law Firms

9. Link Collections

10. Law Library Web Resources (University of Missouri Law School)

11. Choosing and Working With A Lawyer

12. American Agricultural Law Association (AALA)

13. Missouri Bar Association:  Includes Lawyer Referral Service

14. Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator

15. Lawyer Jokes

16. U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO):  Recent Investigative Reports

17. Missouri Extension's AG CONNECTION

18. AgEBB:  Missouri Agricultural Electronic Bulletin Board

19. Missouri Extension

20. Xplor Extension Guidesheets (Missouri)

21. Missouri Commercial Agriculture Program

22. In Motion magazine:  Rural America

23. Resource Centers at the University of Missouri

24. MO-BIS:   Legal & Regulatory

25. Ag Tax Tidbits

1. Animal Law Center (Michigan State University/DCL School of Law)

2. Agricultural & Rural Law Program (Ohio State University)

3. National Center for Agricultural Law ((479) 575-7646;   E-Mail: NatAgLaw@uark.edu)

4. Texas Real Estate Center (College Station, Texas A&M University)

5. Florida Agricultural Law Center (Gainesville, Florida)

6. AgricultureLaw.com

7. Agricultural Law Research & Education Center (Penn State & Dickerson School of Law)

8. Drake Agricultural Law Center (Des Moines, Iowa

9. Farmers' Legal Action Group, Inc. (FLAG)

10. Agricultural Law Center

11. Equine Law Center 

12. Dog Bite Law "Center"

13. Portugal Center for  Rural & Agricultural Law

1. Illinois:  FarmDoc
2. Minnesota:  Center for Farm Financial Management
3. Kansas:  AG Manager Info Center
4. Iowa:  Ag Decision Maker (click on "Legal & Taxes")
5. Indiana (Purdue):  Strategic Business Planning for Commercial Producers
6. Mid-West Plan Service (12 Midwest land-grant universities plus the USDA)

Books & Almost-Books for Non-Lawyers

1. Neighbor Law:  Fences, Trees, Boundaries and Noise (Cora Jordan)
2. A Farmer's Legal Guide to Production Contracts (Neil Hamilton, l995)
3. Legal Issues for Minnesota Farmers Starting a Processing or Marketing Business
4. Farm Estate and Business Planning (Neil Harl)
5. Principles of Agricultural Law (Roger A. McEowen & Neil Harl)
6. Farmers' Guide to FmHA
7. Law and the Farmer (Jacob H. Beuscher, l956 and l965, out-of-print but you might get lucky searching in ABEbooks.com)
8. Law on the Farm (Harold W. Hannah, l948, The MacMillan Company; out-of-print but try locating a used copy using ABEbooks.com)
9. How to Avoid Probate (Norman Dacey)
10. Nolo.com - Lots of legal Q's & A's as well as law books on popular topics

1. Ozarks Farm & Neighbor
   *Ag Law articles archives (click on "Archives" in the left margin,  then "Ag Law", and then the "year" you want....17 ag law articles each year on some very practical legal situations we all seem to face sooner or later)