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Agricultural Law Weekly Review—April 22, 2025
This week—Fri. Apr. 25: Understanding the Basics of PA Ag Exemptions for Inheritance Tax and Other Real Estate Transfers National Agricultural Policy: USDA Cancels ‘Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities,’ Announces ‘Advancing Markets for Producers’ 🌾 On April 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that the agency is cancelling its Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities (PCSC) program, initiated in 2022 under the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act. USDA states that “the majority of” PCSC “projects had . . . high administration fees which in many instances provided less than half of the federal funding directly to farmers” and that the agency [...]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—April 15, 2025
Today! Apr. 15 at Noon: Quarterly Dairy Legal Webinar—Bovine Disease Controls Pesticides/Herbicides: Monsanto Files Petition for Certiorari Seeking FIFRA Preemption in Glyphosate Cases 🌾 On April 4, 2025, Monsanto filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States, asking the court to decide whether the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) preempts a state-law failure-to-warn claim. Monsanto Company v. John L. Durnell, No. 24-1068. The petition appeals a decision from the Missouri Court of Appeals upholding a $1.25 million jury verdict awarded to a plaintiff claiming that Monsanto’s glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide caused his [...]
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Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of April 21, 2025
National Energy Policy: Bureau of Land Management Rescinds Environmental Impact Statement Requirement ⚡ On April 11, 2025, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rescinded its notice which had required seven states to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for various oil and gas operations. The seven states affected are Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. The notice comes after both the White House and the Department of the Interior issued orders removing prior regulations related to energy development. By revoking the EIS requirement (set forth under the National Environmental Policy Act), the BLM claims that [...]
Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of April 14, 2025
Oil and Gas Leasing: Pennsylvania Superior Court Upholds Choice of Forum Clause in Lease ⚡ On March 20, 2025, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the language of an oil and gas lease reserved the choice of forum decision to the lessor. Golden Eagle Res. II LLC v. EQT Prod. Co., Nos. 261 WDA 2024, 413 WDA 2024, 2025 Pa. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 763 (Mar. 24, 2025). Plaintiff Golden Eagle Resources (Golden Eagle) leased its oil and gas interest underneath two properties to LOLA, who subsequently leased it to defendant EQT Production Company (EQT). A provision allowed the lease [...]
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