Dairy Policy
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—September 16, 2026
Webinars this Month:
Fri. Sept. 25: Understanding the Basics of Data Centers & Transmission Impacts on Agriculture (FREE Attorney CLE)
Wed. Sep. 30: AgWorks: Worker Physical Protections (attorney CLE not available)
WOTUS: EPA and Army Publish Supplemental Proposed Rule to Define ‘Relatively Permanent,’ ‘Continuous Surface Connection’
On September 9, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers published in the Federal Register a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPR) (91 FR 57284) to supplement and seek further comment on additional optional definitions […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—July 7, 2026
Next Week: July 14 @ Noon, Quarterly Dairy Legal Webinar—Capper Volstead Act & Dairy
Registration Now Available for the 2026 Pennsylvania Agricultural Law Symposium!
Pesticides/Herbicides: Supreme Court Holds FIFRA Preempts State Failure-to-Warn Pesticide Claims 
On June 25, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion holding that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) preempts state law “failure to warn” tort claims. Monsanto v. Durnell, No. 24-1068. For more, see
- Brigit Rollins, Supreme Court Rules FIFRA Preempts Failure to Warn, Nat’l Agric. Law Ctr. (June 29, 2025)
- Joshua A. Hjelmaas, […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—June 23, 2026
Agricultural Labor: USCIS Issues Guidance Memo on Dairy Workers in H-2A Program
On June 17, 2026, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy memorandum (PDF) to all USCIS employees addressing “the determination of temporary or seasonal need for H-2A petitions seeking workers for dairying.” According to the memo, “dairy[ing work] can involve H-2A eligible temporary or seasonal labor” and “does not require special procedures apart from those available under existing statutes and regulations.” Also announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—May 6, 2026
Dairy Policy: HPAI Testing Not Required for Dairy Cattle from Unaffected States 🌾
On April 27, 2026, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that the agency had issued an updated guidance document (PDF) on an April 2024 Federal Order, which required testing of lactating dairy cattle before interstate movement. According to the announcement, “effective immediately, lactating dairy cattle moving interstate from States with Unaffected State Status under the National Milk Testing Strategy (NMTS) are no longer required to be tested for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 prior to […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—March 17, 2026
Webinar Programs This Month:
- Mar. 18 at Noon ET: Homing in on H-2A: An Overview of the Temporary Agricultural Program, Audry Thompson presents with the National Agricultural Law Center
- Mar. 27 at Noon ET: Understanding the Basics of Right to Farm Laws (Free Attorney CLE!)
- Mar. 31 at Noon ET: AgWorks—Special Laws for Seasonal or Temporary Workers
IRS Issues 45Z Proposed Regulations, Congressmembers Publish Letter Requesting ‘Clear Conservation Practices’ 🌾
On February 4, 2026, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule (991 FR 5160) to establish regulations under […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—January 27, 2026
Today Jan. 27 at Noon: Quarterly Dairy Legal Webinar: Standards of Identity—Regulations and Current Issues (Free Attorney CLE)
Local Agricultural Policy: PA Agriculture Innovation Grant Program Requirements Published, Applications Open February 2, 2026 🌾
On January 24, 2026, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin a notice (56 Pa.B. 487) detailing the 2025–2026 fiscal year requirements for the Pennsylvania Agriculture Innovation Grant Program, which offers reimbursement grants to farmers and agriculture businesses to implement “new agricultural technologies, conservation, and renewable energy innovations.” Eligible applicants include agricultural commodity growers with more than $2,000 in anticipated sales […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—January 20, 2026
Register Now! Educational programming for January:
Wed. Jan. 21, AgWorks: Wage and Hour Laws—Requirements and Exemptions
Fri. Jan. 23, Understanding the Basics of Pennsylvania’s Seasonal Farm Labor Law (Atty CLE)
Tues. Jan. 27, Quarterly Dairy Legal Webinar: Standards of Identity—Regulations & Current Issues (Atty CLE)
Pesticides/Herbicides: U.S. Supreme Court Grants Certiorari to FIFRA Preemption Case 🌾
On January 16, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a petition for a writ of certiorari in Monsanto v. Durnell limited to the question of “[w]hether the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act [FIFRA] preempts a label-based failure-to-warn claim where EPA has not required […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—January 6, 2026
Register Now! Educational programming for January:
Jan. 21, AgWorks: Wage and Hour Laws—Requirements and Exemptions
Jan. 23, Understanding the Basics of Pennsylvania’s Seasonal Farm Labor Law (Atty CLE)
Jan. 27, Quarterly Dairy Legal Webinar: Standards of Identity—Regulations & Current Issues (Atty CLE)
Agribusiness: Eleventh Circuit Finds Corporate Transparency Act is Constitutional 🌾
On December 16, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued an opinion finding constitutional the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which requires certain corporate entities to report “beneficial ownership” to the Treasury Department, and reversing the district court’s March 2024 decision. Nat’l Small Bus. […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—November 25, 2025
Webinar Dec. 12, 2025, Understanding the Clean Water Act & Ag: Biosolids & Food Processing Waste Land Application
WOTUS: EPA, Army Corps Publish New ‘Waters of the United States’ Definition 🌾
On November 20, 2025, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule (90 FR 52498) to update the definition of “waters of the United States,” redefining the “scope of waters federally covered under . . . the Clean Water Act [CWA], in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in Sackett v. EPA,” […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—October 14, 2025
Today 10/14 at Noon 3rd Quarter 2025 Quarterly Dairy Legal Webinar: H.R.1 (OBBA) Dairy Provisions
Dairy Policy: PA Milk Board to Over-Order Premium, Cost Replacement Hearings on December 3, 2025🌾
On October 8, 2025, the Pennsylvania Milk Board (PMB) published Bulletin No. 1661, announcing a public hearing on December 3, 2025 for all six Milk Marketing Areas “to receive testimony and exhibits concerning the level and duration of the Class I over-order premium.” Additionally, on October 3, 2025, PMB published on its website three bulletins announcing public hearings on December 3, 2025, for Milk Marketing Area No. 1 (
