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Iowa Code § 570A.3 (2026)

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An agricultural supply dealer who provides an agricultural supply to a farmer shall have an agricultural lien as provided in section 554.9102. The agricultural supply dealer is a secured party and the farmer is a debtor for purposes of chapter 554, article 9. The amount of the lien shall be the amount owed to the agricultural supply dealer for the retail cost of the agricultural supply, including labor provided. The lien applies to all of the following:

1. Crops which are produced upon the land to which the agricultural chemical was applied, produced from the seed provided, or produced using the petroleum product provided. The lien shall not apply to any crops so produced upon the land after four hundred ninety days from the date that the farmer purchased the agricultural supply.

2. Livestock consuming the feed. However, the lien does not apply to that portion of the livestock of a farmer who has paid all amounts due from the farmer for the retail cost, including labor, of the feed. 84 Acts, ch 1072, §3; 85 Acts, ch 204, §3; 2003 Acts, ch 82, §4 Referred to in §570A.1, 570A.2\n\nTue Dec 09 22:00:45 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 570A (17, 0) 3 AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY DEALER LIEN, §570A.7 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1994–2023 · leading case: Oyens Feed & Supply, Inc. v. Primebank, 808 N.W.2d 186 (Iowa 2011).
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Oyens Feed & Supply, Inc. v. Primebank, 808 N.W.2d 186 (Iowa 2011). · cites it 10× “Section 570A.3 creates the agricultural supply dealer lien.”
Schley v. Peoples Bank (In re Schley), 509 B.R. 901 (Bankr. D. Iowa 2014). · cites it 16× “The agricultural supply dealer is a secured party and the farmer is a debtor for purposes of chapter 554, article 9.”
Schley v. Peoples Bank (In re Schley), 565 B.R. 655 (Bankr. D. Iowa 2017). · cites it 14× “Iowa Code § 570A.3. The parties agree that Debtors are “farmers”; that Waton-wan is an “agricultural supply dealer”; and that the feed that Watonwan supplied is an “agricultural supply;” all as defined in Iowa Code section 570A.”
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Tama Benton Coop. (In Re Shulista), 451 B.R. 867 (Bankr. D. Iowa 2011). · cites it 10× “Iowa Code § 570A.3. The amount of the lien Interstate Grain “secured” was the retail cost of the feed sold plus the value of labor provided to supply it.”
Farmers Coop. Co. v. Swift Pork Co., 602 F. Supp. 2d 1095 (N.D. Iowa 2009). · cites it 14× “LOLFC argues that the Iowa Agricultural Supply Dealer Act itself recognizes that an agricultural supply dealer is a “secured party,” citing Iowa Code § 570A.3, and that Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) includes “a person that holds an agricultural lien” as a…”
Crooked Creek Corp. v. Primebank & Oyens Feed & Supply, Inc. (In Re Crooked Creek Corp.), 427 B.R. 500 (Bankr. D. Iowa 2010). · cites it 7× “The court, in a footnote to that conclusion stated: The feed store never tried to obtain a security interest on the [farmers’] livestock or other assets until August of 1991, when it attempted to perfect a lien under the provisions of Iowa Code § 570A.3 (1991). Any lien under…”
Farmers Coop. Co. v. Ernst & Young Inc. (In re Petition of Big Sky Farms Inc.), 512 B.R. 212 (Bankr. D. Iowa 2014). · cites it 7× “Iowa Code § 570A.3 gives a supplier an agricultural lien for “the retail cost of the agricultural supply, including labor provided.”
Oyens Feed & Supply, Inc. v. Primebank, 879 N.W.2d 853 (Iowa 2016). “§ 570A.3. In our 2011 decision, we concluded Oyens- Feed was entitled to superp-riority in at least some "of the sales proceeds of Crooked Creek’s hogs even though it had not followed the statutory certified request procedure for notifying financial institutions of intent to…”
Wilkin Elevator v. Bennett State Bank, 522 N.W.2d 57 (Iowa 1994). · cites it 2× “The feed store never tried to obtain a security interest on the Beuthiens’ livestock or other assets until August of 1991, when it attempted to perfect a lien under the provisions of Iowa Code § 570A.3 (1991). Any lien under that statute was ineffective as against the bank,…”
Quality Plus Feeds, Inc. v. Compeer Fin., FLCA (Iowa 2023). · cites it 8× “We also agree with the bankruptcy court that animal-by-animal pro rata liens would frustrate legislative intent: Here, the Bank’s proposed interpretation would frustrate the intent behind chapter 570A.”
Quality Plus Feeds, Inc. v. Compeer Fin., FLCA (Iowa 2023). · cites it 8× “We also agree with the bankruptcy court that animal-by-animal pro rata liens would frustrate legislative intent: Here, the Bank’s proposed interpretation would frustrate the intent behind chapter 570A.”
Quality Plus Feeds, Inc. v. Compeer Fin., FLCA (Iowa Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “While there may be some merit to Compeer’s contention, we do not need to resolve this claim, because, even if we accept Quality Plus’s affidavits as being based on the personal knowledge of the affiants, they are not sufficient to remove all genuine issues of material fact.”
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— Iowa Code § 570A.3(1) — 1 case
Crooked Creek Corp. v. Primebank & Oyens Feed & Supply, Inc. (In Re Crooked Creek Corp.), 427 B.R. 500 (Bankr. D. Iowa 2010). “The court, in a footnote to that conclusion stated: The feed store never tried to obtain a security interest on the [farmers’] livestock or other assets until August of 1991, when it attempted to perfect a lien under the provisions of Iowa Code § 570A.3 (1991). Any lien under…”
— Iowa Code § 570A.3(2) — 7 cases
Schley v. Peoples Bank (In re Schley), 509 B.R. 901 (Bankr. D. Iowa 2014). “The agricultural supply dealer is a secured party and the farmer is a debtor for purposes of chapter 554, article 9.”
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Tama Benton Coop. (In Re Shulista), 451 B.R. 867 (Bankr. D. Iowa 2011). “Iowa Code § 570A.3. The amount of the lien Interstate Grain “secured” was the retail cost of the feed sold plus the value of labor provided to supply it.”
Farmers Coop. Co. v. Swift Pork Co., 602 F. Supp. 2d 1095 (N.D. Iowa 2009). “LOLFC argues that the Iowa Agricultural Supply Dealer Act itself recognizes that an agricultural supply dealer is a “secured party,” citing Iowa Code § 570A.3, and that Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) includes “a person that holds an agricultural lien” as a…”
Crooked Creek Corp. v. Primebank & Oyens Feed & Supply, Inc. (In Re Crooked Creek Corp.), 427 B.R. 500 (Bankr. D. Iowa 2010). “The court, in a footnote to that conclusion stated: The feed store never tried to obtain a security interest on the [farmers’] livestock or other assets until August of 1991, when it attempted to perfect a lien under the provisions of Iowa Code § 570A.3 (1991). Any lien under…”
Quality Plus Feeds, Inc. v. Compeer Fin., FLCA (Iowa Ct. App. 2022). “While there may be some merit to Compeer’s contention, we do not need to resolve this claim, because, even if we accept Quality Plus’s affidavits as being based on the personal knowledge of the affiants, they are not sufficient to remove all genuine issues of material fact.”
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