§3419.1.  Communication of producer information

A.  Notwithstanding any other law or contractual provision to the contrary, a grain dealer and agriculture lender may communicate, either orally or in writing, information related to an agricultural commodities booking or contract concerning a producer with whom the parties have a mutual business relationship.  Information concerning the producer that may be shared shall be limited to the following:

(1)  Name, address, phone number, and Farm Service Agency number.

(2)  The amount of agricultural commodities booked or contracted by the producer and prices contracted for.

(3)  Grain dealer or marketer expenses, carrying costs, hedging expenses, and the amount of agricultural commodities actually delivered by a producer on a production contract.

(4)  The amount of crop loans made to a producer and any loan balances outstanding with respect to the producer for such crop loans and any collateral and security interests applicable to such crop loans.

B.  Notwithstanding any other law or contractual provision to the contrary, any grain dealer or agriculture lender that communicates information provided for under Subsection A of this Section shall be held harmless and shall not be liable to the producer or any other party under any theory of law for communicating such information.

C.  A grain dealer or agriculture lender receiving information relative to a producer under the provisions of this Section shall not share the information with any persons not authorized in this Section to receive such information.

D.  The provisions of this Section shall only be applicable during the duration of a gubernatorially or presidentially declared disaster which includes the parish or parishes where a producer, with whom a lender and elevator have a mutual business relationship under the provisions of this Section, farms or produces agricultural commodities.

Acts 2010, No. 860, §1.