In Re Stout

ORDER ON MOTION OF DEBTORS TO DETERMINE SECURED STATUS OF FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF STERLING IN GROWING CROPS

ROBERT E. NUGENT, Bankruptcy Judge.

Sam and Debra Stout (“Debtors”) seek a determination of the secured status of the First National Bank of Sterling, Kansas (“Bank”) in certain growing crops. Debtors and the Bank stipulate that the Bank holds signed security agreements in which the debtors purport to grant a security interest in their growing crops. These security agreements were executed and delivered to the Bank prior to July 1, 2001, the effective date of revised Article 9 of the…