On November 18, 2022, from 12 noon – 1:00 ET, the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law, alongside the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Business Development Center will present the next webinar in our new educational series, “Understanding Agricultural Law.” This session in our series is entitled, “Understanding the Basics of Federal & State Conservation Programs.”

This session will summarize the history, progression, and current implementation of the leading federal and state soil conservation programs, which greatly impact water quality, and the entities that administer them, including USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Farm Service Agency (FSA), Pennsylvania’s State Conservation Commission (SCC), and SCC’s county Conservation Districts. The recent Inflation Reduction Act appropriated more than $20 billion for conservation programs, signaling the importance of soil conservation and anticipated water quality improvement to agricultural policy and law nationwide, only to increase in the coming years. Learn or refamiliarize yourself with the details of these programs—which primarily work through voluntary participation—and how they impact the operations and planning of agricultural and rural landowners.

Materials

• Federal and State Conservation Programs Resources
• PowerPoint: Understanding the Basics of Federal and State Conservation Programs
• Recording: Understanding the Basics of Federal & State Conservation Programs

1 hour of substantive CLE credit available for Pennsylvania licensed attorneys at no charge.

Learn more about our Understanding Agricultural Law series.