Agricultural Law

Several agricultural cooperatives have relied on our firm for a successful defense against antitrust claims in federal court. We also counsel agricultural industry associations on the antitrust implications of discussions between direct competitors, information exchanges, and attempts to set industry standards.

Family-owned farms and agricultural companies pose unique estate and tax planning challenges, and our lawyers are skilled in all aspects of business asset and succession planning. We help agricultural clients achieve personal and business objectives through effective corporate and tax strategies that emphasize estate planning, business succession planning, and financial and liquidity planning.

We are able to handle all litigation matters involving agriculture and agribusiness, including personal injury claims on farms, business disputes, drift claims, environmental matters, and the appeal of regulatory matters from government agencies.

Our firm represents industry associations and individual agribusiness companies on matters involving their relations with Arkansas state government and issues before regulatory bodies such as the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality.

We successfully represented a major food processor in restructuring the Arkansas manufacturing tax exemption on tangible personal property used directly in manufacturing and processing, so that it achieves the necessary public policy objectives while supporting our client’s competitive objectives.