1. “Care and feeding contract” means an agreement, either oral or written, between a farm
resident and the owner of livestock, under which the farm resident agrees to act as a feeder
by promising to care for and feed the livestock on the farm resident’s premises.
2. “Dispute” means a controversy between a person who is a farm resident and another
person, which arises from a claim eligible to be resolved in a civil proceeding in law or equity,
if the claim relates to either of the following:
a. The performance of either person under a care and feeding contract, if both persons
are parties to the contract.
b. An action of one person which is alleged to be a nuisance interfering with the enjoyment
of the other person.
3. “Farmland” means agricultural land that is principally used for farming as defined in
section 9H.1.
4. “Farm mediation service” means the organization selected pursuant to section 13.13.
5. “Farm resident” means a person holding an interest in farmland, in fee, under a real
estate contract, or under a lease, if the person manages farming operations on the land. A
farm resident includes a natural person, or any corporation, trust, or limited partnership as
defined in section 9H.1.
6. “Mediation release” means an agreement or statement signed by all parties or by less
than all the parties and the mediator pursuant to section 654B.8.
7. “Nuisance” means an action injurious to health, indecent, or offensive to the senses, or
an obstruction to the free use of property, so as essentially to interfere with the comfortable
enjoyment of life or property, including but not limited to nuisances defined in section 657.2,
subsections 1 through 5, and 7.
8. “Other party” means any person having a dispute with a farm resident.
9. “Participate” or “participation” means attending a mediation meeting, and having
knowledge about and discussing issues concerning a subject relating to a dispute.
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Notes of Decisions
Rutter v. Carroll's Foods of the Midwest, Inc., 50 F. Supp. 2d 876 (N.D. Iowa 1999).
· cites it 3× “, Iowa Code § 654B.1(2). The court finds that the present dispute between the Property Owners and CFM appears to fall within subsection (b), because it is “a controversy between a person who is a farm resident [the Property Owners] and another person [CFM], which arises from a…”
Arends v. Iowa Select Farms, L.P., 556 N.W.2d 812 (Iowa 1996).
· cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 654B.1(5). They argue it follows that the defendants must be the “another person” in the dispute definition in Code section 654B.”
Gannon v. Rumbaugh, 772 N.W.2d 258 (Iowa Ct. App. 2009).
“See Iowa Code § 654B.1(7) (defining “nuisance” to include nuisances defined in section 657.”
Myers v. Linkenmeyer (Iowa Ct. App. 2023).
· cites it 2× “” Iowa Code § 654B.1(5). And “‘[o]ther party means any person having a dispute with a farm resident.”
— Iowa Code § 654B.1(2) — 1 case
Rutter v. Carroll's Foods of the Midwest, Inc., 50 F. Supp. 2d 876 (N.D. Iowa 1999).
“, Iowa Code § 654B.1(2). The court finds that the present dispute between the Property Owners and CFM appears to fall within subsection (b), because it is “a controversy between a person who is a farm resident [the Property Owners] and another person [CFM], which arises from a…”
— Iowa Code § 654B.1(5) — 3 cases
Arends v. Iowa Select Farms, L.P., 556 N.W.2d 812 (Iowa 1996).
“See Iowa Code § 654B.1(5). They argue it follows that the defendants must be the “another person” in the dispute definition in Code section 654B.”
Rutter v. Carroll's Foods of the Midwest, Inc., 50 F. Supp. 2d 876 (N.D. Iowa 1999).
“, Iowa Code § 654B.1(2). The court finds that the present dispute between the Property Owners and CFM appears to fall within subsection (b), because it is “a controversy between a person who is a farm resident [the Property Owners] and another person [CFM], which arises from a…”
Myers v. Linkenmeyer (Iowa Ct. App. 2023).
“” Iowa Code § 654B.1(5). And “‘[o]ther party means any person having a dispute with a farm resident.”
— Iowa Code § 654B.1(7) — 2 cases
Gannon v. Rumbaugh, 772 N.W.2d 258 (Iowa Ct. App. 2009).
“See Iowa Code § 654B.1(7) (defining “nuisance” to include nuisances defined in section 657.”
Myers v. Linkenmeyer (Iowa Ct. App. 2023).
“” Iowa Code § 654B.1(5). And “‘[o]ther party means any person having a dispute with a farm resident.”
— Iowa Code § 654B.1(8) — 1 case
Rutter v. Carroll's Foods of the Midwest, Inc., 50 F. Supp. 2d 876 (N.D. Iowa 1999).
“, Iowa Code § 654B.1(2). The court finds that the present dispute between the Property Owners and CFM appears to fall within subsection (b), because it is “a controversy between a person who is a farm resident [the Property Owners] and another person [CFM], which arises from a…”
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