Agricultural Law

Gislason & Hunter is well-recognized within Minnesota and throughout the Midwest for our knowledge and experience in the agricultural industry.  Our attorneys represent and advise a broad spectrum of national, regional, and local agribusiness clients—including livestock producers, packers, input suppliers, agricultural lenders, and individual farmers—in all aspects of their operations. 
 

Our work in agricultural matters includes both transactional advice and litigation in the following areas:

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Negotiated and drafted long-term marketing agreements for large, multi-state swine producers
• Drafted both turn-by-turn and long-term independent grower agreements for swine producers
• Drafted credit agreements, forbearance agreements, and other loan documents for loans to agricultural producers
• Structured multi-state production and distribution systems
• Negotiated and drafted asset acquisition and disposition agreements of all sizes
• Provided advice and representation for banks, bank participations, and bank syndications related to agricultural loans
• Litigated commercial and corporate disputes in state and federal courts throughout the Midwest
• Represented agricultural producers and allied industries before local, state, and federal regulatory agencies