Ag Docket Blog
The Des Moines Board of Water Works Trustees has filed its complaint against the Supervisors of Calhoun, Sac, and Buena Vista Counties in their capacities as trustees of Iowa drainage districts.
The Iowa Utilities Board ruled this week that Dakota Access, LLC, substantially complied with Iowa law when it notified landowners of its plans to seek a permit to build an oil pipeline across their property.
We had an interesting question come into the office recently. The question involved the tax treatment of a biofiltration system for a farmer. I wasn’t familiar with the concept so I did a little research to find out exactly what a biofiltration system is. Basically, biofiltration removes contaminates (such as nitrates) in water by metabolizing microorganisms as the water flows past.
As threatened in January, the Des Moines Board of Water Works Trustees voted today to proceed with a federal Clean Water Act (CWA) citizen lawsuit against the supervisors of three Iowa Counties.
The legal wrangling over the validity of local ordinances seeking to stop the growing of Genetically Engineered Organisms (GMO) continues in Hawaii. At the center of the litigation is United States Magistrate Judge Kurren, who, last Thursday, ruled that a state court action seeking a declaration that a Maui County GMO ban is legally valid was properly removed to federal court.
State laws differ in the protections they grant to landowners facing eminent domain.
Last fall, we fielded a number of calls at the Center from Iowa landlords whose tenants failed to make their rental payments on time. In most of these cases, the tenant was offered the right to make the yearly payment in two installments, one at the beginning of the lease term and the other six months later.
A recent decision by the Illinois Court of Appeals involved a small farm that a town tried to zone out of existence. The case involved the town's ability to zone agricultural activities and the state's right-to-farm law. The plaintiff, a small town of 230 people, sued the defendants, a married couple, for violating a town ordinance which declared commercial farming within the town boundaries
In a last-minute announcement, the IRS has declared that farmers waiting for a corrected 1095-A will have until April 15 to file their returns and pay their taxes.
As we near the end of February, several key Farm Program deadlines are looming.
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