December 17, 2014

In the last few months, the Occupa- tional Safety and Health Administra- tion made a controversial decision to inspect and fine small farms engaged in grain storage activities. The farmers sub- ject to the inspections and fines argued that OSHA had no authority to do so be- cause of the “small farm exemption” that limits […]

The ownership of an improvement built on someone else’s land is a common legal issue in the agricultural community. For example, a young man wants to build a new grain bin but does not yet own land. So he builds the bin on his parents’ land since he is already farming with them. Read the