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Agricultural Law Weekly Review—June 10, 2026
This Month: June 17: AgWorks: Strategies for Employing a Youth Workforce June 26: Understanding the Basics of Agricultural Vehicle Regulation—Free Attorney CLE! June 30: AgWorks: All About Farm Labor Contractors International Trade: President Issues Proclamation Reducing Tariffs on Agricultural Equipment 🌾 On June 1, 2026, President Donald Trump issued Proclamation 11032 (91 FR 34085), “Further Adjusting the Tariff Regimes for Imports of Aluminum, Steel, and Copper Into the United States,” which reduces to 15% the 25% tariff on imported agricultural equipment imposed by Proclamation 11021 of April 2, 2026, (91 FR 18201), “Strengthening Actions Taken To Adjust Imports of Aluminum, [...]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—June 4, 2026
Disaster Assistance Programs: Federal, State Governments Respond to Pennsylvania Freeze Event 🌾 On May 26, 2026, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins had “signed a disaster designation for 17 counties in Pennsylvania due to damage and losses caused by below-freezing temperatures that occurred April 19 through April 21, 2026,” allowing USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) to issue emergency loans to producers in those areas. According to the announcement, “producers in Adams, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Luzerne, Lycoming, Monroe, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming, and York Counties have until Jan. 26, 2027, [...]
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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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