An Update on Agricultural Law will be presented from 8:55 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, at the Hawthorn Suites, Bloomington, by the ISBA Agricultural Law Section.

Program coordinators for the Law Ed seminar are section council chair Jeffrey A. Mollet of the Silver Lake Group, High-land, and past chair James R. Grebe of Hasselberg, Williams, Grebe, Snodgrass & Birdsall, Peoria.

As moderator, Mollet will open the program with introductions and welcome. The schedule follows.

9 a.m. – Estate Tax and Income Tax Update: What's New for 2005 and 2006? with Michael G. Barton of Bellatti, Barton, Hamill & Cochran, Springfield, and certified public accountant Richard C. Walden of Carlinville.

9:45 a.m. – Drought and Hurricane Ka-trina: The Agricultural Impact in Illinois, with Prof. Darrel L. Good of the University of Illinois, Urbana.

10:30 a.m. – Agriculture Financing, Bank-ruptcy and the New Code, with section council member James Richard Myers of the LeFevre, Oldfield, Myers, Apke & Payne Law Group. Vandalia.

11:30 a.m. – Production Contract Code: What Is It and Where Will It Take Us? with Karen L. McNaught of the Office of Illinois Attorney General, Springfield, and Grebe.

12 noon – Luncheon break.

1 p.m. – The Nuts and Bolts of Divorce for Agricultural Attorneys, with Paul A. Osborn of Ward, Murray, Pace & Johnson, Sterling, a member of the Family Law Section Council.

1:45 p.m. – Non-Traditional Methods of Estate Planning, with Agricultural Law Section Council member Paul A. Meints of Bloomington.

2:30 p.m. – Farmers, Lawyers and the Illinois Department of Agriculture: What Can the Department Do for You? with section council member Margaret L. van Dijk, general counsel to the department in Springfield.

3 p.m. – Wind Energy and BioFuels: The Next Generation of Farmers, with Barbara K. Stille of the Illinois Agricultural Association, Bloomington, and David K. Pritchard of Pritchard Osborne, Litchfield.

3:45 p.m. – The New CLE Requirements: How Does This Affect You? with Thomas C. Speedie, ISBA director of continuing legal education, Springfield.