Faegre Baker Daniels lawyers represent many of the world's leading food, agriculture and biofuels companies and hold substantial experience with the protein processing and production industry segment.

Pork

Faegre Baker Daniels represents several of the nation's largest pork processors, five of the nation's largest swine producers and several of the nation's largest feed companies, as well as several financial institutions who lend to producers.

Faegre Baker Daniels attorneys are actively and substantially engaged in matters related to swine production and pork processing on a daily basis. Many members of our team have deep personal ties to the industry and significant personal experience with the production and management of swine. Because we represent swine producers, processors and their financial investors every day, our attorneys are up to speed on the latest issues affecting the industry and its diverse participants.

Dairy

Faegre Baker Daniels offers a unique depth of experience representing companies in the dairy sector. We have assembled a team of both litigation and transactional lawyers that understand the issues and challenges specific to the dairy industry. Our experience includes financing transactions, supply contracts, dairy feed contracts, dairy litigation, and the sale and purchase of dairy businesses. Our lawyers' knowledge extends from the dairy farm to the production plant to the board room. As with the swine segment, our attorneys are involved in matters related to the dairy industry on a daily basis.

When clients retain Faegre Baker Daniels to handle an important matter in the dairy sector, our lawyers can hit the ground running. In farm-based litigation, for example, our lawyers already understand—and need not spend time learning—the lactation curve, feed storage options, and basic dairy nutrition. In the transactional area, we have experience representing borrowers and their lenders in areas involving raw materials; fluid, nutritional supplement, and cheese products; and finished, consumer-ready goods.

Poultry

Faegre Baker Daniels attorneys work closely with several of the nation's largest poultry companies and their lenders. Unlike the beef and swine industries, in which independent producers and spot sales and marketing agreements remain in use, the poultry industry is largely vertically integrated. Faegre Baker Daniels has extensive experience with respect to the preparation of poultry production agreements and producer programs, including financing programs. While less common in the industry, poultry marketing agreements are also within the range of our expertise.