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Agricultural Law Weekly Review—February 3, 2026
NEW Publications from the Center for Agricultural and Shale Law: Step-by-Step Guide to Registering a Certification Mark in the United States (Dec. 2025) Step-by-Step Guide to Registering a Geographical Indication in the European Union (Dec. 2025) Local Agricultural Policy: Pennsylvania Agriculture Veteran Grant Program Applications Available On January 31, 2026, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin a notice (56 Pa.B. 606) outlining the program and application requirements for the Pennsylvania Agriculture Veteran Grant Program, established under the Agricultural Business Development Center Act. According to the notice, PDA may award up to $200,000 each to eligible [...]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—January 27, 2026
Today Jan. 27 at Noon: Quarterly Dairy Legal Webinar: Standards of Identity—Regulations and Current Issues (Free Attorney CLE) Local Agricultural Policy: PA Agriculture Innovation Grant Program Requirements Published, Applications Open February 2, 2026 🌾 On January 24, 2026, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin a notice (56 Pa.B. 487) detailing the 2025–2026 fiscal year requirements for the Pennsylvania Agriculture Innovation Grant Program, which offers reimbursement grants to farmers and agriculture businesses to implement “new agricultural technologies, conservation, and renewable energy innovations.” Eligible applicants include agricultural commodity growers with more than $2,000 in anticipated sales per [...]
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Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of January 12, 2026
PA Impact Fee: Pennsylvania Approves New Grants for Infrastructure, Environmental, and Community Projects ⚡ On December 19, 2025, The Department of Community and Economic Development announced the approval of 135 projects funded by the Pennsylvania Impact Fee, also known as Act 13 of 2012. Through the Impact Fee, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission collects fees from unconventional gas wells and redistributes those funds to local and state governments “to cover the local impacts of drilling.” Over $14 million has been set aside for these projects which span multiple programs and are intended to support community development, infrastructure improvements, environmental protection, [...]
Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of December 15, 2025
Methane Emissions: EPA Extends Deadline for Compliance with Methane Emissions Limits⚡ On December 3, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule, titled “Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review: Extension of Deadlines in Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources,” which extends the time in which oil and gas facilities have to comply with methane emission standards (40 CFR part 60, subparts OOOb, OOOc). In March of 2024, the previous administration set new source performance standards for oil and gas sources facilities. The new 2025 rule extends the compliance [...]
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