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Webinar Next Week—Feb. 18, 2025, Quarterly Dairy Legal Webinar: HPAI in Dairy Cattle: Regulatory Measures Thus Far
Local Agricultural Policy: Pennsylvania Governor’s Proposed 2025–26 Budget Appropriates $255 Million for Agriculture
On February 4, 2025, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro presented his proposed 2025–26 state budget and enabling legislation, which includes $255 million for agriculture, down

Pipelines: FERC Issues Order on Remand Reinstating Certificate and Abandonment Authorization to Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company
On January 24, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order reinstating the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company’s (Transco) “certificate and abandonment authority . . . for the REAE Project.” The order, which detailed that the

National Agricultural Policy: Temporary Restraining Order Issued Against Federal Funding Pause After Memo Rescission
On January 27, 2025, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued memorandum M-25-13 directing “Federal agencies [to] . . . temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance . . . including, but not

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)

Public Lands: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Submits Petition to Protect Ruby Mountains
On December 30, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service (USFS) submitted a petition to withdraw Ruby Mountain in Nevada from “leasing under the mineral and geothermal laws, for 20 years, subject to valid existing rights.” The USFS petition initiates