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Agricultural Law is a comprehensive treatise covering virtually every aspect of law that relates to farmers, ranchers and other agricultural interests. Inside these 15 intuitively organized volumes you'll find analyses of the applicable principles of law, citations to relevant federal and state statutes, court decisions and administrative regulations, and discussion of recent developments and topics of growing significance in this ever-evolving practice area. Specific areas of coverage include:
• Business planning
• Commercial transactions
• Trade regulation
• Agricultural cooperatives
• Bankruptcy law
• Income taxation and Social Security
• Estate planning
• Property law
• Insurance law
• Labor regulation
• Government regulation: Federal and State
• Civil liabilities
• Environmental controls
Agricultural Law has been in print since 1980 and is udated two times each year so you can rely on accurate, up-to-date content when you analyze your clients' issues. The estate, tax and business planning portions of the treatise are also available in a five-volume subset entitled Agricultural Estate, Tax and Business Planning. Purchase this treatise today and build your agricultural law library with the high-quality content you expect from Matthew Bender and LexisNexis.
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Featured Authors
Harl, Neil E.
Dr. Neil E. Harl is Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture at Iowa State University. He founded and is currently the director of the Center for International Agricultural Finance, which conducts educational programs for individuals from Central and Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Baltics. Dr. Harl received his Juris Doctor from the University of Iowa and his Ph.D. in Economics from Iowa State University.
During his career, Dr. Harl has received the following honors and awards:
Table of contents
VOLUME 1
PART 1 INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 Definitions; Scope and Overview
PART 2 CIVIL LIABILITIES
Chapter 2 Strict Liability: Farming Activities
Chapter 3 Strict Liability: Farm Animals; Fencing
Chapter 4 Personal Injury on the Farm Premises
Chapter 5 Liability of Farmers and Ranchers for Employees' Torts
Chapter 6 Trespass to Real Property and Chattels; Conversion
VOLUME 2
PART 2 CIVIL LIABILITIES (Cont.)
Chapter 7 Products Liability
Chapter 8 Liability of Landlord and Tenant
Chapter 9 Liability for Spread of Contagious Animal Disease
Chapter 10 Liability of Veterinarians for Malpractice
Chapter 11 Liability for Spread of Weeds
PART 3 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
Chapter 12 Introduction to Environmental Law
Chapter 13 Agricultural Air Pollution
Chapter 14 Agricultural Water Pollution
Chapter 15 Regulation of Pesticides
VOLUME 3
PART 4 LABOR LAW
Chapter 16 Agricultural Exclusion Under National Labor Relations Act
Chapter 17 The Fair Labor Standards Act
Chapter 18 Occupational Safety and Health Act
Chapter 19 Federal Regulation of Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Labor; The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (M.S.A.W.P.A.)
Chapter 20 Workers' Compensation: Farmers' and Ranchers' Liability for Employees' Injuries
Chapter 21 Reserved
Chapter 22 State Regulation of Labor-Management Relations
Chapter 23 State Regulation of Farm Labor
VOLUME 4
PART 5 INCOME TAXATION OF FARMERS
Chapter 24 Introduction
Chapter 25 Accounting
Chapter 26 Things the Farmer and the Tax Return Preparer Should Know
Chapter 27 Gross Income
Chapter 28 Expenditures
Chapter 29 Depreciation, Depletion, and Amortization
Chapter 30 Losses
Chapter 31 The Recapture Provisions-I.R.C. Sections 1245, 1250, 1252, 1255
Chapter 32 The Investment Tax Credit; Other Credits
Chapter 33 Completing Income Tax Returns
Chapter 34 Reserved
VOLUME 5
PART 6 SOCIAL SECURITY; THE FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT TAX ACT; DUTIES OF THE FARMER
Chapter 35 Description of the Social Security System
Chapter 36 Social Security from the Employer's Point of View
Chapter 37 The Self-Employed Farmer
Chapter 38 Duties of the Farmer as an Employer
PART 7 INCOME TAX ASPECTS OF DEBT
Chapter 39 Income Taxation of Debt
Chapter 40 Reserved
PART 8 ESTATE PLANNING
Chapter 41 Introduction to Estate Planning
Chapter 42 The Liquidity Problem: Paying Death Taxes and Estate Settlement Costs
Chapter 43 Federal Estate Tax: The Gross Estate and Property Valuation
Chapter 44 Federal Estate Tax: Deductions, Exclusions and Credits
VOLUME 6
PART 8 ESTATE PLANNING (Cont.)
Chapter 45 Planning to Maximize Family Wealth Over Death of Both Husband and Wife
Chapter 46 Gifts and Federal Gift Tax
Chapter 47 Disposing of Farm Assets by Sale
Chapter 48 Disposing of the Farm: Sale of Residence; Installment Sale; Self-Cancelling Installment Notes
Chapter 49 The Private Annuity
PART 9 BUSINESS PLANNING
Chapter 50 General Considerations in Structuring the Farm or Ranch Business
Chapter 51 Closely Held Corporations: Introduction
VOLUME 7
PART 9 BUSINESS PLANNING (Cont.)
Chapter 52 Closely Held Corporations: Developing the Capitalization Structure
Chapter 53 Closely Held Corporations: Tax-free or Taxable Exchange
Chapter 54 Closely Held Corporations: Income Tax Status of the Corporation as a Farmer
Chapter 55 Closely Held Corporations: The Regular Method of Income Taxation
Chapter 56 Methods of Income Taxation for Farm and Ranch Corporations-Subchapter S
Chapter 57 Closely Held Corporations: Employee Status
VOLUME 8
PART 9 BUSINESS PLANNING (Cont.)
Chapter 58 Managing Farm and Ranch Corporations
Chapter 59 Terminating, Dividing and Reorganizing Farm and Ranch Corporations
Chapter 60 General Partnerships
Chapter 61 Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies
Chapter 62 Trusts
VOLUME 9
PART 10 FEDERAL REGULATION
Chapter A Introduction
Chapter 63 United States Department of Agriculture: Organization; Programs and Activities
Chapter 64 Administrative Procedure
Chapter B Mandatory Commodity Inspection Programs
Chapter 65 The Federal Meat Inspection Act
Chapter 66 Poultry Products Inspection Act
Chapter 67 Egg Products Inspection Act
Chapter C Other Regulation of Agricultural Commodities
Chapter 68 Animal Inspection and Quarantine
Chapter 69 Plant Protection and Quarantine; Federal Programs for Control of Plant Pests and Diseases
Chapter 70 Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937
VOLUME 10
PART 10 FEDERAL REGULATION (Cont.)
Chapter C Other Regulation of Agricultural Commodities (Cont.)
Chapter 71 The Packers and Stockyards Act
Chapter 72 Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act
Chapter 73 United States Grain Standards Act
Chapter 74 United States Warehouse Act
Chapter 75 The Federal Seed Act
Chapter 76 Veterinary Biological Products; The Virus-Serum-Toxin Act of 1913
Chapter 77 The Honeybee Act
Chapter D Facilitation of Marketing of Agricultural Commodities
Chapter 78 The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946
Chapter 79 Cotton Standards Act; Cotton Classification Standards
Chapter 80 Tobacco Inspection Act
Chapter 81 Export Apple and Pear Act; Export Grape and Plum Act
Chapter 82 Market Research, Information and Promotion Statutes
Chapter E Transportation of Agricultural Commodities
Chapter 83 Reserved
Chapter 84 Federal Regulation of the Transportation of Agricultural Commodities by Rail, Truck and Water
Chapter 85 Miscellaneous Federal Transportation Statutes Affecting Farmers and Agribusiness
Chapter 86 Reserved
VOLUME 11
PART 10 FEDERAL REGULATION (Cont.)
Chapter F Animal Protection and Welfare
Chapter 87 Animal Welfare Act
Chapter 88 Horse Protection Act
Chapter 89 The “28-Hour Law”
Chapter G Price Support Marketing Quotas and Disposition of Agricultural Commodities
Chapter 90 Commodity Credit Corporation
Chapter 91 Production Control and Price Support Programs for Agricultural Commodities
Chapter 91A Price Support, Marketing Quotas and Disposition of Agricultural Commodites After 1995
Chapter H Foreign Market Development and Related Programs
Chapter 92 Export and Trade Development Programs
Chapter 93-95 Reserved
Chapter I Agricultural Credit: Government; Community Development
Chapter 96 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
Chapter 97 Housing Act of 1949, Title V
Chapter 98 Agricultural Credit: Electric and Telephone; Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and Related Statutory Provisions
Chapter 99 Energy Statutes Related to Agricultural and Rural Areas
Chapter J Agricultural Credit: Private
Chapter 100 Farm Credit Administration; The Farm Credit System
VOLUME 12
PART 10 FEDERAL REGULATION (Cont.)
Chapter K Food and Nutrition Programs
Chapter 101 The National School Lunch Act
Chapter 102 The Child Nutrition Act of 1966
Chapter 103 Food Stamp Act of 1964
Chapter L Natural Resources and Conservation Programs: Environmental Matters
Chapter 104 National Forest Management Act of 1976, Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and Related Statutes
Chapter 105 Wilderness Act; Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
Chapter 106 Mining Laws Relating to the National Forests
Chapter 107 Grazing Rights On Public Land
Chapter 108 Agricultural Conservation
Chapter 109 The Endangered Species Act of 1973
Chapter M Other Regulation Activities
Chapter 110 Plant Certificates and Patents; Plant Variety Protection Act (P.V.P.A.)
Chapter 111 Produce Agency Act; Dumping or Restriction of Interstate Produce
Chapter 112 The Naval Stores Act
PART 11 STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS
Chapter 113 State Agricultural Agencies; Organization; Functions and Activities
Chapter 114 State Regulation of Agriculture
VOLUME 13
PART 12 COMMERCIAL LAW: UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE
Chapter 115 Commercial Law: Uniform Commercial Code-Introduction
Chapter 116 Agricultural Sales Contracts
Chapter 117 Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code: Secured Transactions Generally
Chapter 118 Secured Financing: Farm Equipment, Crops, and Livestock
Chapter 119 Secured Financing: Survey of Priorities
PART 13 BANKRUPTCY
Chapter 120 Farm Bankruptcy Law
PART 14 INSURANCE LAW
Chapter 120A Federal Crop Insurance
Chapter 120B Reserved
PART 15 PROPERTY LAW
Chapter 121 Farm Leases
Chapter 122 Assessment for Taxation of Agricultural Land
Chapter 123 Limitations on Acquisition of Agricultural Land
Chapter 124 Right-to-Farm Laws
Chapter 125 Reserved
Chapter 126 Mineral Rights
VOLUME 14
PART 16 AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES
Chapter A State Regulation
Chapter 127-130 Reserved
Chapter 131 Directors and Officers
Chapter 132 Reserved
Chapter 133 Membership Agreements
Chapter 134 Reserved
Chapter B Federal Regulation
Chapter 135 Taxation of Agricultural Cooperatives
Chapter 136 Agricultural Cooperative Securities
Chapter 137 Antitrust Aspects of Agricultural Cooperatives
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