Materials:
- PowerPoint: Grain Dealer Statutes
- Recording: Understanding the Basics of U.S. Grain Dealer Statutes
- Grain Dealers Regulatory Compilation, Center for Agricultural and Shale Law
- National Agricultural Law Center, State Compilation, Regulation of Grain Sales & Storage – https://nationalaglawcenter.org/state-compilations/grainsalesstorage/
- Recent State Updates to Grain Indemnity, Jeremy Garcia & Emily Stone – https://nationalaglawcenter.org/grain-indemnity/
- Federal and State Regulation of Grain Warehouses and Grain Warehouse Bankruptcy, Neil Hamilton & Jake Looney, 27 S.D. L. Rev. 334 (1982) – https://nationalaglawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/assets/bibarticles/hamiltonlooney_warehouses.pdf
- Farmers’ Guide to Grain Buyers Laws: A Survey of Two States: Farmers’ Legal Action Group Inc. (FLAG) (Dec. 18, 2023) – https://organicfarmersassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/OFA_FLAG-Farmers-Guide-Grain-Buyer-Laws_Y1Q4.docx-1.pdf
- United States Warehouse Act, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service – https://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/uswa
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On Friday, September 26, 2025, from 12 noon–1:00 pm ET, the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law, alongside the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s (PDA) Agricultural Business Development Center (ABDC), will present the next webinar in the Understanding Agricultural Law Educational Series, a course designed to develop subject matter literacy and competence on fundamental issues of agricultural law for attorneys and business advisors who work with or represent agricultural or rural clients but may not necessarily specialize in agricultural law:
“Understanding the Basics of U.S. Grain Dealer Statutes”
Ensuring that grain marketing chains operate smoothly is critical to local and regional agricultural economies. The failure of one business can create a cascading series of impacts upon a large number of agricultural producers. To minimize these potential adverse impacts, many states have enacted grain dealer statutes. These various statutes have a common framework, but they also vary widely state to state in many respects.
This webinar will provide an overview of these grain dealer statutes and then review the specific provisions included within many of these statutes such as bonding, indemnity funds, licensing, auditing, failure, liens, and penalties. This webinar also will provide an overview of grain warehouse statutes, which often operate in conjunction with grain dealer statutes at the state level.
1 hour of substantive CLE credit available for Pennsylvania-licensed attorneys at no charge.
