Agricultural Law embraces many aspects of general business law and litigation as well as environmental and water law. However, agricultural issues do involve their own unique nuances. Moffatt Thomas recognizes the importance of the agricultural industry to the state of Idaho. In addition to the economic impacts the industry has upon the state, agriculture also represents a way of life that is proudly rooted in Idaho’s agricultural heritage. Moffatt Thomas attorneys have decades of experience with many native Idahoans with agricultural concerns and issues. Moffatt Thomas is a member of the Family Farm Alliance and the Idaho Cattle Association. The firm has also represented, and continues to represent, the Idaho State Department of Agriculture. Moffatt Thomas attorneys handle all aspects of Agricultural Law ranging from transactional work to litigation.
Agricultural Law services and representative activities include:
- Contract dispute issues.
- Representation of agricultural marketing and supply cooperatives.
- Defense cases where a tainted silo system feed was blamed for damage to beef and dairy cattle, including reproduction abnormalities.
- Defense of aerial and ground application of all manner of pesticides and herbicides, including issues associated with drift, water contamination, and animal and crop damage, as well as personal injury.
- Chemical manufacturer product liability issues.
- Defense in “agricultural engineering” cases involving allegations of improper design/construction of grain silos and other storage units, center pivots and other irrigation devices, manufacture and repair of farm machinery, and the faulty installation of pumps.
- Defense of seed providers against allegations of inferior product and improper certification.
Moffatt Thomas's Agricultural Law attorneys are members of the Idaho State Bar Water, Environmental and Natural Resources, Litigation, and Business Law sections.