Agriculture

Agriculture-related businesses face many challenges in a rapidly changing economy. Lang, Richert & Patch has an established and diverse agricultural law practice. Clients include farmers, ranchers, and other producers, processors and distributors. Our attorneys regularly counsel family-owned farms, agri-businesses and cooperatives.

Areas of emphasis within the firm’s agricultural practice include:

• real estate and other property law
• commercial law
• banking and financing
• creditor/debtor relations, bankruptcy and insolvency
• estate planning, probate, and ownership succession planning
• environmental law
• civil liabilities and defense, and general litigation in all courts
• labor and employment law
• income taxation and Social Security issues
• business planning techniques, including business organization formation
• government regulation
• insurance law
• water rights and soil and water conservation