Dairy Policy
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—December 10, 2024
This Week:
- Understanding the Basics of Children, Minors & Farm Work, Fri. Dec. 13, 2024 @ noon ET
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- Farmland Energy Podcast: Dust Pollution in Rural Pennsylvania (Dec. 7, 2024)
Agricultural Labor: Two Federal Courts Block ‘Temporary Ag Workers’ Rule, Nationwide Stay Issued 🌾
On November 25, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi issued an order temporarily staying nationwide the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) recent H-2A final rule, “Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States” (89 FR 33898). Int’l Fresh Produce Assoc. v. U.S. […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—November 26, 2024
Avian Influenza: Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Publishes Order Requiring Bulk Milk Testing 🌾
On November 20, 2024, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) Secretary Russell Redding issued a general quarantine order—effective immediately and published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on November 23, 2024 (54 Pa.B. 7570)—requiring bulk testing of milk from Pennsylvania farms for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Also announced by PDA, the order requires all in-state milk processors “receiving bulk raw milk directly from a Pennsylvania dairy farm or milk cooperative” to “begin collecting and submitting samples of raw milk taken from each compartment of each […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—July 29, 2024
Dairy Policy: USDA Publishes Proposed Rule to Amend Federal Milk Marketing Order Pricing 🌾
On July 15, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule (89 FR 57580) “to amend the pricing provisions in the 11 Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMOs)” (AMS-DA-23-0031). Also announced by AMS, the agency issued the proposal following a hearing on the FMMO pricing formula, held August 2023–January 2024. The proposed rule recommends changes to five categories of milk pricing:
- “Milk Composition Factors: Update the factors to 3.3 percent true protein, 6 […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—July 15, 2024
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- Tues. July 16: Overview of U.S. State Milk Pricing Systems, Part 2
- Wed. July 17: “HPAI in Poultry and Cattle: How Can We Miss You if You Won’t Go Away?”
Water Quality: Oklahoma Court Holds State Ag Department Must Consider Environmental Impacts of Animal Operations 🌾
On June 28, 2024, the Oklahoma District Court for Delaware County issued an order granting partial summary judgment against the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (OKDAFF) in an action filed by a group of landowners alleging that OKDAFF’s issuance of certain Poultry Feeding Operation registrations violated the […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—February 13, 2024
Dairy Policy: Federal Milk Marketing Order Hearing Ends, Brief Filing Open Until April 1 🌾
On February 2, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) received an order “Notification to the Hearing Clerk Pursuant to 7 CFR § 900.10” for the National Federal Milk Marketing Order Pricing Formula Hearing, which began on August 23, 2023 and ended after forty-nine days on January 30, 2024. According to the notice, 511 exhibits were introduced in the hearing. Additionally, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will publish forty-nine volumes of the hearing transcript on its website. Proposed transcript corrections may be […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—January 29, 2024
Water Quality: EPA Publishes Proposed Rule for Meat and Poultry Point Source Effluent Limitations 🌾
On January 23, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule (89 FR 4474) to amend Meat and Poultry Products Effluent Guidelines and Standards. Initially announced by EPA on December 15, 2023, the 2024 Proposed Rule offers three options, the first of which EPA claims as the agency’s preferred option. According to the proposed rule, Option 1 “would include new phosphorus limits and revised nitrogen limits for large direct dischargers and new pretreatment standards on […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—January 24, 2024
National Agricultural Policy: Continuing Resolution Funds Government, Agriculture Until March 1, 2024 🌾
On January 19, 2024, President Joe Biden signed into law continuing resolution H.R.2872, which maintains the funding levels established in the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act (P.L. 117–328) for “Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies” and other government programs and agencies until March 1, 2024. The programs were previously funded through January 19, 2024, under continuing resolution H.R.6363, passed November 16, 20223. Congress passed the continuing resolutions in the absence of a 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act.
National Agricultural Policy: GAO Publishes Report on […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—January 8, 2024
Animal Welfare: California’s Proposition 12 Fully Effective January 1, 2024, Producer Certification Required 🌾
On January 1, 2024, California’s Proposition 12 and implementing regulations became fully effective, establishing the state’s Animal Care Program and requiring third-party certification for producers (HSC §§ 25990-25994 and 3 CCR §§ 1320-1327.3). According to a publication from the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), as of January 1, 2024, (1) “[p]roducers are required to have a valid Certificate of Compliance,” (2) “[c]overed products sold are required to be from producers with valid Certificates of Compliance,” and (3) “[d]istributors are required to […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—December 22, 2023
Agribusiness: Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements Effective January 1, 2024 🌾
On January 1, 2024, the beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements (31 CFR § 1010.380) become effective for many companies and small entities as part of the Corporate Transparency Act, enacted within the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, P.L. 116–283. The law requires that domestic and foreign reporting companies formed by “filing a document with a secretary of state or any similar office” report certain information about itself, its beneficial owners, and its
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—December 4, 2023
International Trade: Panel Report Finds Canada’s Dairy Tariff-Rate Quotas ‘Not Inconsistent’ with USMCA 🌾
On November 10, 2023, the dispute settlement panel formed under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) published its final report concerning Canada’s dairy tariff-rate quota (TRQ) allocation measures. Also announced by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), the report concluded that “Canada’s measures are not inconsistent with the USMCA provisions cited by the United States.” However, “[a] dissenting panelist agreed with the United States that by excluding retailers and others, Canada was breaching its commitment to make its dairy TRQs available to all applicants active in the […]
