Eldon L. McAfee

emcafee@bevinglaw.com

Contact Information: Direct Dial Office Phone: 515-237-1188
Mobile: 515-249-1706
Fax: 515-288-9409

 

 

 

 

Education:
Iowa State University, B.S., Farm Operations, 1977
Drake University Law School, J.D., with honors and Order of the Coif, 1991

Experience:
Farmer, 1978 to 1988
Attorney with Beving, Swanson & Forrest, P.C., Des Moines, 1991 to present

Practice Areas:
Practicing primarily in agricultural law. In addition, general practice including, but not limited to, environmental law, business and commercial law, contracts, administrative law, appellate practice and zoning and land use.

Professional Memberships:
American Agricultural Law Association
Member of Board of Directors, 2005 to 2008
Polk County Bar Association
Iowa State Bar Association
Agricultural Law Section
- Chair 1996-97 and 2004-05
- Legislative Committee Chair 2007 and 2008
Environmental Law Section
American Bar Association
Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources

Admissions:
Iowa Supreme Court
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court

Presentations and Publications:
2010
Presentations:
Iowa Cattlemen's Association Annual Convention 
    "What is a Discharge of Manure? The Lowell Vos Case"
Iowa Pork Producers Association 
    Iowa Pork Congress, "Iowa Environmental Regulations & Nuisance Case Update" 
    Click here for the webcast. 
    Iowa Pork Congress, "Contracts: Learning From the Experience of Difficult 
    Economic Times"  Click here for the webcast.

Publications:
Iowa Pork Producers Association website 
    EPA Clean Water Act Compliance Request - Federal EPA sends letter to Iowa pork 
    and dairy producers 
        -NPDES permits 
    View the article. 
    Federal Farm Bill Contracting Requirements - GIPSA enforcing monetary penalties 
    View the article. 
    Sioux County District Court judge rules that feed supplier's lien prevails over 
    bank's lien  View the article.

2009
Presentations:
Drake University Law School 
    General Practice Review Seminar - "Agricultural Law Update" – agricultural liens,
    wind agreements, ag case law update, manure application law, and 
    Farm Bill contracting requirements
Iowa Pork Producers Association 
    Iowa Pork Congress, "Iowa Livestock Environmental Regulations and Nuisance 
    Case Update" Click here for the webcast.
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation 
    “Federal CAFO Rule and Stockpiling”
Iowa Corn Growers Association 
    “Animal Agriculture and the Environment: Issues Update”
Commercial Bankers of Iowa, Bankers’ Annual Spring Conference 
    “Update on Agricultural Law”
Iowa State Bar Association, Commercial & Bankruptcy Law Seminar 
    “Agricultural Liens –Priority, Perfection and Enforcement”
Land O Lakes Purina, World Pork Expo 
    “Iowa Agricultural Liens - Livestock“
Coaltion to Support Iowa’s Farmers, Farming Matters 5 
    “Iowa Livestock Environmental Regulations”
Iowa State University Extension & Iowa Pork Producers Association, 
    Pig Cents for the Future 
    “Swine Contract Issues: Know Your Options When a Contract is Broken” 
    Click here for the webcast.
Iowa Poultry Association, Fall Festival, 
    “Current Regulatory Issues”


Publications:
National Hog Farmer 
    “Concerned About the New CAFO Rules?” View the article.
Iowa Pork Producer Magazine 
    March, “Financial Troubles: Realistic analysis and planning are vital to 
    making the best of a bad situation” View the article.
Iowa Cattleman Magazine 
    February, “Lyon County jury finds that cattle feeding was not an odor nuisance”
Pork Exec, Legal Briefs 
    “Federal Farm Bill Livestock Contracting Requirements”
Iowa Pork Producer Magazine 
    November, “New Liquid Manure Application Law – A Closer Look”  View the article.


Community Activities:
Drake Neighborhood Association 
    Member of Board of Directors, 1993 to 2003 and 2006 to present 
    President, 1999-2000, Treasurer, 2001-2003
Neighborhood Development Corporation 
    Member of Board of Directors, 2007 to 2010
Beving, Swanson & Forest, P.C. Attorneys At Law
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