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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 Extension Educators, Dan Brockett and Jonathan Laughner.
For more information, visit the Penn State Extension website here.
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 topic was Federal Milk Marketing Order Reform with our special guest and dairy economics and policy expert Dr. Andrew Novakovic, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University.
Each webinar in the series provides a 30-minute round-up of the past quarter’s legal and regulatory developments impacting the dairy industry followed by a 30-minute […]
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 and a 30-minute focused topic of interest to dairy producers and professionals. The round-up examines recent developments in pricing and income support programs, dairy risk management, legislative and regulatory reform, new legislation, workforce legal issues, international trade disputes, animal health and welfare regulation, and litigation in state and federal courts […]
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 in their fields. The symposium included a recap of 2020’s biggest agricultural law developments and sessions covering solar leasing, what you need to know about the Chesapeake Bay and the Conowingo Dam and the dramatic past year in pesticide liability and regulation. The symposium was part of the Virtual 2021 Pennsylvania […]
Center Closed for Winter Break
The Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law will be closed after Thursday, December 24, 2020, and will open again on Monday, January 4, 2021.
We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season!
Progressive Farmer Quotes Brook Duer Regarding Dicamba
On November 6, 2020, in an article relating to Environmental Protection Agency policy changes affecting pesticides, Progressive Farmer quoted staff attorney Brook Duer. The article, EPA, States Clash Over Pesticides, explains the new EPA requirement that states must follow in order to restrict dicamba or other federal pesticides. According to the article’s author, Emily Unglesbee, this abrupt change may make it impossible for states to develop dicamba spray season limits
New Webinar Recordings Posted to Our YouTube Channel
Recordings to our Quarterly Dairy Update have been published to our YouTube Channel. This webinar commenced a quarterly series of such webinars to be held at the conclusion of each calendar quarter. We start with a 30-minute round-up of the past quarter’s legal and regulatory developments impacting the dairy industry and then move to a 30-minute focused topic of interest to dairy producers and professionals.
The recording of the webinar is divided into two parts. The first part is the round-up portion of the webinar and will examine recent developments in federal and, where […]
Center Hosts First of Quarterly Dairy Industry Legal Update
On October 27, 2020, the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law hosted the first of a quarterly webinar series, Quarterly Dairy Industry Legal Update. The first half of the webinar was presented by staff attorney Brook Duer who provided an overview of recent legal developments impacting the dairy industry. The second half of the webinar included an in depth discussion with Marvin Beshore on the purpose, objectives, and impact of Federal Milk Marketing Order 51.
Recordings of Center presentations can be found on our YouTube Channel.
Penn State Creates Pennsylvania Farm Employers’ Listserv Discussion Group
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law and Penn State Extension announce the creation of the Pennsylvania Farm Employers’ Listserv (PFEL) discussion group. The PFEL is an email networking and resource-sharing group specifically tailored to agricultural labor issues for those with human resources responsibilities at agricultural operations. In this forum, farm employers can exchange information and resources to better prepare them to do their jobs confidently and efficiently, keep up on the latest news and developments, and learn how to best comply with legal requirements from state and federal laws […]
Center Participates in Continuing Legal Education with Penn State Dickinson Law
On September 25, 2020, Brook Duer participated as a presenter on the topic of solar leasing for attorneys as part of a continuing legal education on-line course conducted by Penn State Dickinson Law titled, Local Law for Solar Project Development in Pennsylvania.
Earlier this week, on September 23, 2020, Brook Duer participated as a presenter for a Penn State Extension webinar on legal liability related to herbicide drift. The webinar was entitled, Integrated Vegetative Management – Proactive Approaches to Prevent & Respond to Non-Target Crop Injury from Herbicides by Applicators. This […]
