Dairy Policy
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—June 10, 2025
Next Week: An Overview of State Grain Dealer Statutes in the United States, Wed. June 18 at noon. Center Director Ross Pifer presents with the National Agricultural Law Center.
Dairy Policy: Pennsylvania Milk Board Publishes Order Continuing $1 Over-Order Premium 🌾
On June 4, 2025, the Pennsylvania Milk Board (PMB) published Official General Order No. A-1021 on its Official General Orders webpage. The order, effective July 1–December 31, 2025, will replace Official General Order No. A-1020, issued in December 2024, and will continue the $1.00 per hundredweight over-order premium on all Class I milk produced, processed, and sold […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—June 3, 2025
National Agricultural Policy: House Ag Committee Publishes Draft Budget Resolution Plan 🌾
On May 12, 2025, the House Committee on Agriculture announced the publication of its draft text to accommodate the federal budget resolution’s reconciliation directives (H. Con. Res. 14). Additionally, the committee published a section-by-section overview of the draft. For more detail on the bill’s provisions, see Peggy Kirk Hall, House Farm Bill Reconciliation Summary Overview, Ohio St. Univ. Ext. Farm Off. Blog (May 27, 2025) and Kristine A. Tidgren, What Tax Provisions are in the House’s Big Beautiful Bill?, Iowa St. Univ. Ctr. […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—May 13, 2025
Next Week! Wed. May 21, 2025, Navigating ADA Compliance for Agritourism Guests, Jackie Schweichler presents with the National Agricultural Law Center
Registration Open! 2025 Pennsylvania Agricultural Law Symposium—Thurs. Sept. 18, 2025
Pesticides/Herbicides: Pennsylvania Superior Court Upholds $175 Million Roundup Verdict Against Monsanto, Finds No FIFRA Preemption 🌾
On May 8, 2025, the Pennsylvania Superior Court issued an opinion affirming a $175 million jury verdict awarded in October 2023 in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas in favor of a plaintiff claiming that Monsanto/Bayer’s glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide caused his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Caranci v. Monsanto, No. 993 EDA 2024 (Pa. […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—April 29, 2025
Next Week: May 9, 2025, Understanding the Basics of PA Ag Exemptions for Inheritance Tax and Other Real Estate Transfers (rescheduled)
Dairy Policy: USDA Issues Final Rule to Reauthorize Dairy Forward Pricing Program 🌾
On April 23, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) published in the Federal Register a final rule (90 FR 16997), effective April 24, 2025, reauthorizing the Dairy Forward Pricing Program, which “allows farmers to voluntarily enter into forward price contracts with handlers for pooled milk used for Class II, III, or IV purposes under the Federal Milk Marketing Orders . […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—April 8, 2025
Next Week: Apr. 15, 2025, Quarterly Dairy Legal Webinar—Bovine Disease Controls: Federal and PA Laws & Regulations
Agribusiness: FinCEN Publishes Interim Final Rule Limiting BOI Reporting Requirement to Foreign Companies 🌾
On March 26, 2025, the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published in the Federal Register an interim final rule (90 FR 13688) to require only “foreign reporting companies” to report Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). According to the rule, “entities previously defined as ‘domestic reporting companies’ are exempted from the reporting requirements and do not have to report BOI to FinCEN, or […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—April 1, 2025
WOTUS: EPA Publishes Rule Requesting Recommendations for WOTUS definition 🌾
On March 24, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army published in the Federal Register a proposed rule (90 FR 13428) announcing listening sessions and seeking stakeholder comment on “implementation of the definition of ‘waters of the United States’ in light of the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency.” Previously, EPA issued an intra-agency memorandum on “proper implementation of ‘continuous surface connection’ under the definition of ‘waters of the United States.’” Also announced by EPA, the rulemaking […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—February 25, 2025
This Week—Fri. Feb. 28: Understanding the Basics of Pesticide Drift
Agribusiness: Federal Court Lifts Stay on BOI Reporting Requirements, FinCEN Publishes New Deadline 🌾
On February 17, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued an order lifting its previous stay of the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting requirements. Smith v. United States Dep’t Treasury, No. 6:24-cv-00336. On February 19, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published its response and updated BOI timeline, which states, “For the vast majority of reporting companies, the new deadline to […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—January 21, 2025
THIS WEEK: Webinar on Jan. 24, 2025, Understanding the Basics of Pennsylvania’s Carbon Sequestration Law
NEW: Farmland Energy Podcast, The Inflation Reduction Act and Agriculture (Jan. 14, 2025)
Dairy Policy: USDA Publishes Final Rule Amending Federal Milk Marketing Order Pricing Provisions 🌾
On January 17, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) published in the Federal Register a final rule (90 FR 6600) amending the pricing provisions in the 11 Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMOs) after “separate producer referenda held in each of the 11 FMMOs obtained the necessary two-thirds vote in favor of adoption of […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—January 7, 2025
Agribusiness: Fifth Circuit Reinstates Corporate Transparency Act Injunction After Brief Reversal, Government Files Petition for Certiorari 🌾
On December 26, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an order vacating its December 23 stay of the district court’s preliminary injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its Beneficial Ownership Information reporting requirements, reinstating the pause on the January 1, 2025 compliance deadline for entity owners to file with the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). See Agricultural Law in the Spotlight article: Fifth Circuit Reinstates Corporate Transparency Act Injunction After Brief Reversal, Government […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—December 10, 2024
This Week:
- Understanding the Basics of Children, Minors & Farm Work, Fri. Dec. 13, 2024 @ noon ET
NEW:
- 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. […]
