Producer Workshops
Provided with generous support from Banks Law Firm, PLLC
The National Agricultural Law Center is hosting a series of free producer workshops throughout Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi focusing on legal and policy issues relevant to row crop producers. The workshops will focus on farm bill reauthorization, federal crop insurance, environmental regulation, and other topics of interest to producers.
The producer workshops are sponsored with generous support from the Banks Law Firm, PLLC. Headquarted in Little Rock, Arkansas, Banks Law Firm, PLLC focuses in the areas of plaintiffs’ damage claims, commercial disputes, agricultural law, and white collar criminal defense. The gift was provided by Banks Law Firm, PLLC to provide a legal educational series for producers and to help publicize the 25th Anniversary of the National Agricultural Law Center, a unit of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
For additional information or inquiries regarding the workshops, please contact Center Director Harrison Pittman at hmpittm@uark.edu or (479) 575-7640.
Northeast Louisiana Workshop (Delhi, Louisiana)
Presenters:
Harrison Pittman, Director, National Agricultural Law Center
Grant Ballard, Associate, Banks Law Firm PLLC; Research Consultant, National Agricultural Law Center
Date: October 23, 2012
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (followed by lunch meal)
Place: Delhi, Louisiana (Richland Parish – Delhi Civic Center)
Cost: No charge with catered lunch for attendees.
Flyer: For a flyer for this workshop, click here.
Western Mississippi Workshop (Clarksdale, Mississippi)
Presenters:
Harrison Pittman, Director, National Agricultural Law Center
Grant Ballard, Associate, Banks Law Firm PLLC; Research Consultant, National Agricultural Law Center
Date: November 1, 2012
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (followed by lunch meal)
Place: Clarksdale Train Station
Cost: No charge, with meal catered by The Old Dutch Oven at Clarksdale Station
Flyer: For a flyer for this workshop, click here.
Southeast Arkansas Workshop (Stuttgart, Arkansas)
Presenters:
Harrison Pittman, Director, National Agricultural Law Center
Grant Ballard, Associate, Banks Law Firm PLLC; Research Consultant, National Agricultural Law Center
Date: November 6, 2012
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (followed by lunch meal)
Place: Grand Prairie Center, Stuttgart
Cost: No charge, with catered lunch meal for attendees
Flyer: For a flyer for this workshop, click here.
Southeast Arkansas Workshop (Rowher, Arkansas)
Presenters:
Harrison Pittman, Director, National Agricultural Law Center
Grant Ballard, Associate, Banks Law Firm PLLC; Research Consultant, National Agricultural Law Center
Date: January 31, 2013
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (followed by lunch meal)
Place: Rowher Research Station, Rowher
Cost: No charge, with catered lunch meal for attendees
Flyer: For a flyer for this workshop, click here.