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Deadline for Reporting Animal Waste Air Emissions Postponed

Posted on November 22, 2017 by
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Last week, Attorney Russell Wilson of Ruder Ware issued a legal update about EPA’s deadline of November 15, 2017 for reporting excessive air emissions of hazardous substances from animal waste at farm operations.  In that article Russ also reported on the possibility the deadline might be postponed. That possibility has now become reality.  EPA has […]

Be Prepared Before Your Borrower Files a Farm Bankruptcy

Posted on December 15, 2016 by
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How prepared are you for a workout or Chapter 12 farm bankruptcy filed by your Borrower?  Make it your New Year’s Resolution to know the answer to these questions about your Borrower. Do you conduct regular file reviews?  Regular loan file reviews can be used as tools to increase certainty as to collateral priority and […]

Western District of Wisconsin Ranks 3rd in Chapter 12 Farm Bankruptcy Filings

Posted on November 15, 2016 by
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The harvest is plenty, but with corn at $3/bushel, soybeans at $9/bushel, and milk at $15-$16/hundred weight, the profits are few.  Did you know that in 2015 and 2016, the Western District of Wisconsin ranks 3rd (out of 94 federal judicial districts) for most Chapter 12 farm bankruptcy filings?  In 2015, the Western District of […]