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Look Before You Leap

Look Before You Leap In the last several months, the Iowa Court of Appeals has issued opinions that reinforce a common-sense sentiment; look before you leap.  In two separate cases, adjoining landowners engaged earth movers and heavy construction operators to ...
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August Ag Law Review

  Wont Crack: California’s Egg Sales Law Stands Up to First Attack. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a challenge to California’s egg sale law that was filed by several states, including Iowa. The complaint comes against the law’s ...
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Hot Times in the Country Side

  Its July, its hot, and the worry will soon set in on Harvest ‘17. Minus some late season applications, the die has been cast on the crop, and mother nature will be the deciding factor as the crop moves ...
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Iowa Ag Law Developments

The world of ag law never stops. Here are some of the recent changes in the law that impact agriculture. Every once in a while, a quick tour is in order. Des Moines Waterworks. They attempted to hold drainage districts ...
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The Only Things Constant in Life is Death, Taxes and Change.

Within that, the constant is that taxes will change but will always be present. The likelihood that major tax reform legislation will be introduced and passed in 2017 is high. Some believe that like-kind exchanges remain at a high risk ...
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The IRS thinks all the pie slices are equal in value… Farm Entities don’t look to stay healthly eating that kinda pie

If you have ever bought a pie, you know buying the whole pie is the only way to decide if it makes it Thanksgiving dinner or if you eat it alone in the dark. Consider this, you buy a pie for $10.00. ...
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