Friday, July 12, 2019 at
12:00 pm EDT
- Presented by Paul Goeringer
Agricultural operations may not always take the time to do simple background checks or provide employees with the proper initial training that can cause huge issues down the road. Recent news has highlighted what can go wrong when agricultural operations hire...
Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at
12:00 pm EST
12/19/18: Using an LLC to Strengthen Your Farm OperationLimited Liability Companies (LLCs) are a popular form of business entity or organization. There are a number of ways an LLC can be used to strengthen a farming operation, including but not limited to, limiting...
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at
12:00 pm EST
11/14/18: Farm Lease AgreementsA large number of farmland is leased in the Delmarva region with much of it being done on a handshake deal. Understanding leasing laws and developing a written lease can work to improve the landlord-tenant relationship and provide record for...
Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at
12:00 pm EDT
7/25/18: Farm Transition Taxes and Medicaid Estate RecoveryAn overview of the new federal estate tax laws, and other related tax issues. Provide examples of how to determine if your farm estate could trigger federal estate tax limits and state's (Maryland and Delaware) gift,...
Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at
12:00 pm EDT
- Presented by Kelly Nuckolls
To better assist Mid-Atlantic service providers to prepare for developments in agricultural law, the Agriculture Law Education Initiative will host a quarterly series of webinars beginning in June focused on developing legal issues in agriculture and food law.Current Legal...
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at
12:00 pm EDT
Discusses the process of probating a will and some of the negative impacts of probate, and then provides examples of other farm succession/ estate planning legal tools that can help farmers avoid the probate process if that is the best option for their operation. Registration:...
Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at
12:00 pm EDT
With the explosion of “Big Data” has come a lot of speculation about the benefits of new data tools, along with a lot of concerns. This webinar will work to separate some fact from fiction by starting with an explanation of just exactly what “Big Data” means, and the legal...
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at
12:00 pm EDT
- Presented by Peggy Hall
Science points to runoff from agricultural fields as a cause of elevated levels of Nitrogen and Phosphorous in our nation’s waterways, leading to Harmful Algal Blooms, hypoxia and other water quality issues. In this webinar, Hall will present an overview of different...
Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at
3:00 pm EDT
- Presented by Rodney Jones, Shannon Ferrell
This webinar will help agricultural employers handle changes in employee status, whether that is creating opportunities for incentives and advancement or separating from employment. In this session, we will also discuss some new topics in farm employment law, including the...
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at
2:00 pm EDT
- Presented by Shannon Ferrell, Rodney Jones
This webinar will cover how to train your new employees, help you provide your staff with constructive feedback, and deal with employee compensation and benefits.The webinar is sponsored by Oklahoma State University, Southern Risk Management Education Center, Texas A&M...
Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at
3:00 pm EDT
- Presented by Shannon Ferrell, Rodney Jones
This session includes an overview of the seven steps to staffing for the farm and ranch. You'll learn how to map the human resource needs for your agricultural operation, writing job descriptions, advertising your position, and the do's and don'ts of the interview process.The...
Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at
12:00 pm EDT
A recent biotechnology discovery – CRISPR – may influence biotechnology as profoundly as other monumental discoveries such as DNA, vaccines, and penicillin. The applications offered by CRISPR (an acronym for “Clustered Regularly lnterspaced Short Palindromic Repeats”) ...
Thursday, September 8, 2016 at
12:00 pm EDT
This webinar will provide an overview of the 2015 Veterinary Feed Directive rule and the use of medically important antibiotics in food-producing animals. Starting on January 1, 2017, veterinarians will have to write a VFD or prescription for medically important antibiotics...
Thursday, August 11, 2016 at
1:00 pm EDT
- Presented by Sarah Wurzbacher
Presenter: Lara Fowler, Penn State Law, is a chapter author of “The Law and Policy of Biofuels” Hosted by: Northeast woody/warm season Biomass Consortium (NEWBio)* and the Clean Power Plan webinar seriesThis webinar will provide a brief recap of the U.S. Clean Power Plan...
Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at
10:00 am EDT
For more than 40 years the nation has used section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) as the federal regulatory program to protect wetlands. However, the relationship between the statute and agriculture is perhaps more uncertain than at any time in the past. As a result,...