Not So Fast: RMA Continues to Scrutinize New Producer Crop Status
If you have received a Notice of Overpayment and Removal of New Producer Status from your crop insurance company, you are not alone. In 2012 the Risk Management Agency started auditing crop insurance applications wherein the insured had requested "New Producer" status. The effects of the audit have come to [...]
Pulled from the Swamp: EPA Wetland Determination Now Judicially Reviewable
Landowners and developers bogged in an EPA wetland determination were recently thrown a life line when the United States Supreme Court determined The Army Corps of Engineer's (Corps) "jurisdictional determinations" (JD) regarding wetland designations are reviewable by the court. United States Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co. Inc. Under [...]
Pulled from the Swamp: EPA Wetland Determination Now Judicially Reviewable
Landowners and developers bogged in an EPA wetland determination were recently thrown a life line when the United States Supreme Court determined The Army Corps of Engineer's (Corps) "jurisdictional determinations" (JD) regarding wetland designations are reviewable by the court. United States Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co. Inc. Under [...]
North Dakota Farmer’s 4 Year Sentence for Insurance Fraud Upheld
Such is the life of a farmer. Even in times of a good crop, the potential insurance claim may be more valuable than the crop itself. That may have been the case for Aaron Johnson of Norwood, North Dakota, who in 2014 received a 4 year sentence for receiving [...]
Insuring Additional Acres? The Number of Acres Added May Affect Your Coverage
Added Land: Insurance Options Ahead Farm land does not change hands very often but when it does the acquiring operator should keep in mind the rules which may affect the operator's crop insurance benefits covering the newly added land. Failing to understand and abide by the Risk [...]
Foregoing Work Comp Coverage? Remember to Provide Notice.
Work Comp Claim Form Early in my career I had a Nebraska case come across my desk which involved a farm hand falling and striking his head while working on a farm truck. The farmer had not obtained a workers' compensation policy to cover such accidents because [...]
About the Blog
The best way to gain insight into a person is to walk in their shoes. Having grown up on a farm in Iowa, attorney Sean Minahan has walked in the shoes of those in the farming industry, which is why he feels at home in the field—of agricultural law. His blog, the Midwest Agricultural Law Guide, was created to offer legal discussion and encourage the use of social media in the agricultural industry.
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