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Agricultural Law Weekly Review—February 24, 2026
Webinars this week—Register Now! Feb. 24 at noon, AgWorks: Wage and Hour Laws—Calculation and Enforcement Feb. 27 at noon, Understanding the Basics of the USDA National Appeals Division with Devin Winklosky, former USDA Administrative Judge (Attorney CLE available) International Trade: President Issues Executive Order Increasing Tariff-Rate Quota for Argentinian Beef, Trade Agreement Signed with Argentina 🌾 On February 6, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order (91 FR 7107) increasing the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) for lean beef trimmings by 80,000 metric tons for the 2026 calendar year and allocating “all of the increased in-quota quantity of beef . [...]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—February 18, 2026
Webinars this month—Register Now! Feb. 24 at noon, AgWorks: Wage and Hour Laws—Calculation and Enforcement Feb. 27 at noon, Understanding the Basics of the USDA National Appeals Division with Devin Winklosky, former USDA Administrative Judge (Attorney CLE available) Pesticides/Herbicides: EPA Announces Dicamba Approval for 2026, 2027 Growing Seasons 🌾 On February 6, 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced (PDF) that the agency has temporarily approved dicamba for over-the-top use on cotton and soybeans for the 2026 and 2027 growing seasons despite “ecological risks associated with dicamba drift and volatility.” In approving dicamba, EPA cited concerns regarding weeds resistant to [...]
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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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