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Brook Duer Joins Presentation with the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture
On June 2, 2022, Brook Duer joined the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture for a presentation on farm infrastructure. The presentation, Sustaining Farm Infrastructure: Financial Management and Taxes, Lending, Regulations and Zoning, was held virtually on Zoom at 1:00pm. A description of the event from the PSPA can be found [...]
Ross Pifer Presents at Mid-South Ag & Environmental Law Conference
On May 24, 2022, at 1:00pm, ET, Center Director Ross Pifer joined the National Agricultural Law Center for their “Bonus” CLE as part of the Ninth Annual Mid-South Agricultural and Environmental Law Conference. This session, the “Ag & Environmental Law Update,” also included presenters, Brigit Rollins, Rusty Rumley, and Elizabeth [...]
Understanding the Basics of Leasing Farmland for Energy Development
On May 20, 2022, from 12 noon – 1 pm ET, the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law alongside the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Business Development Center presented this webinar in our new educational series, “Understanding Agricultural Law.” This second session in our series is entitled, “Understanding the [...]
Solar Series Panel Discussion with Penn State Extension
On May 3, 2022, Penn State Extension continued their Solar Series with the presentation, “Panel Discussion with Series Speakers.” Staff Attorney Brook Duer joined Thomas Murphy, Director of the Penn State Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research for this final session in the series. To learn more about this virtual [...]
Understanding the Basics of Agricultural Labor Laws
On April 29, 2022, from 12 noon – 1 pm ET, the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law alongside the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Business Development Center launched our new educational series, “Understanding Agricultural Law.” This first session in our series is entitled, “Understanding the Basics of Agricultural [...]
Penn State Presents Solar Law Symposium
On June 15 and 17, 2021, the Center for Agricultural and Shale Law joined the Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research, Penn State Dickinson Law, and Penn State Extension in sponsoring the Penn State Solar Law Symposium. The symposium was geared for both beginning and intermediate levels of knowledge about [...]
Brook Duer Gives Presentation on Solar Leasing for Penn State Extension
On May 19, 2021, staff attorney Brook Duer gave a presentation entitled, Leasing for Solar Development. The event was hosted by Penn State Extension and covered siting considerations, the impetus behind solar development, and terms to accept or sidestep in a solar lease. In this webinar, Brook was joined by [...]
Center Hosts April 2021 Quarterly Dairy Industry Legal Update on Federal Milk Marketing
On Tuesday, April 27, 2021, Penn State Law’s Center for Agricultural and Shale Law conducted a third webinar in its series titled “Quarterly Dairy Industry Legal Update.” The webinar covered legal and regulatory developments in the U.S. dairy industry in the first quarter of calendar year 2021 and the focused [...]
Center Hosts January 2021 Quarterly Dairy Industry Legal Update on Exports and Trade Agreements
On January 26, 2021, Brook Duer presented the second Quarterly Dairy Legal Update, Dairy Exports and Trade Agreements: What’s Up with Canada, Mexico, China and the EU? Each webinar in our Quarterly Dairy Legal Update provides a 30-minute round-up of the past quarter’s legal and regulatory developments impacting the dairy industry [...]
Center Hosts 2021 PA Farm Show Agricultural Law Symposium
On January 12 and 14, 2021, the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law hosted the 2021 Pennsylvania Farm Show Agricultural Law Symposium. The Symposium consisted of four hours of educational webinars on current topics of importance in agricultural law presented by the Center’s legal staff and guest experts [...]
