It stands to reason that being located in central Indiana, Bennett Boehning & Clary would have deep roots in the agriculture and forestry industries. In fact, many of the professionals at BB&C grew up on farms and still have families active on farms.
Not only do we provide legal services to the agribusiness and forestry industries, our lawyers are active in the industry through the following organizations:
- Indiana Forestry and Woodland Owners Association
- Indiana Forestry Educational Foundation
- Indiana State Bar Association: Agriculture Law Section
We have helped our agribusiness and forestry clients with the following types of legal issues:
- Cash Rent Leases
- Conservation Easements
- Custom Farming Agreements
- Dealer Agreements
- Employer practices for hiring migrant workers for immigration law compliance
- Estate planning for the principals of agribusiness and forestry enterprises
- Environmental regulatory matters with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and the United States Environmental Protection Agency
- Farm Service Agency Appeals before the United States Department of Agriculture
- Farm Service Agency entity structuring
- Hardwood sales contracts
- Hunting Leases
- Lending transactions for lenders and borrowers with a particular focus on security issues with agriculture products, equipment and livestock inventory
- Purchases and sales of real estate
- Purchasing and selling related businesses
- Succession planning for transitions of the family farm to the next generation
Representative Agribusiness and Forestry Clients
- AAG Venture LLC
- Agricultural Alliance Group LLC
- Adler Seeds
- Bio Town Ag, Inc.
- Gutwein Popcorn Company, LLC
- Gutwein Seeds
- Genesis Seed Company
- Great Lakes Cereal Seed
- G&G Joint Venture
- Heritage Seeds
- Hite’s Hardwoods
- Kaeb Sales, Inc.
- Sunny Ridge Dairy, LLC
- Vision Ag
The services we provide to our Agribusiness and Forestry clients cover a broad spectrum of our Practice Areas, such as:
- Business Law and General Corporate Counseling
- Business Succession Planning
- Buying and Selling a Business / Mergers and Acquisitions
- Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights
- Estate Planning & Estate Administration
- Litigation
- Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use