Application deadlines for federal programs rapidly approaching SACRAMENTO, February 12, 2014 – As California faces one of the driest years ever recorded, the California Department of Food and Agriculture and…
Final State Water Action Plan Released
…California experiences one of the driest winters on record, the California Natural Resources Agency, the California Environmental Protection Agency, and the California Department of Food and Agriculture released the final…
Ag Leadership Program Seeks Applicants for Class 45
…are encouraged to apply. The Ag Leadership Program, operated by the California Agricultural Leadership Foundation (CALF), is considered to be one of the premier leadership development experiences in the United…
California Farm Labor Contractor Association Conferences
…laws; The Affordable Care Act; immigration reform; wage and hour issues; Cal OSHA requirements; worker transportation issues; FLC licensing and continuing education and more. Conferences are scheduled for this Wednesday,…
Strawberry Commission Awarded Grant
The California Department of Food and Agriculture gives a big boost to the California Strawberry Commission Click to Open or Download Audio Report The CDFA gave the commission a three-year…
California Ag Headlines for September 25
…South Australia. The California Department of Industrial Relation’s (DIR) Division of Occupational Safety and Health (commonly known as Cal/OSHA) is joining Federal OSHA in reminding agricultural employers of the hazards…
Class 44 Selected for Leadership Program
…complex social and cultural issues. Seminars are delivered by four partner universities – Cal Poly Pomona, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Fresno State and UC Davis – and other academic…
Heat Illness Prevention
…a preventative Cal/OSHA compliance check from a local State Fund representative. A State Fund representative will survey the farming operation just as a Cal/OSHA agent would, and discuss problems that…
New Strawberry Research Center
…experiences for Cal Poly students, faculty, and California strawberry farmers. It’s all with the goal of increasing sustainability of California Strawberry farming. California grows 85 percent of the nation’s strawberries….
CA Man New President of Cotton Council
…cotton, and I am proud to be leading such an organization,” said Burch, vice president of sales for Calcot, a Bakersfield, Calif., cooperative cotton merchandizing organization. CCI is the National…
Dow AgroSciences Acquires Cal/West Seeds
Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: Dow), have announced that it acquired the assets of Cal/West Seeds based in Woodland, Calif. Cal/West is a…
Update Your Heat Illness Prevention Program
News story provided by California Grape and Tree Fruit League, Fresno. The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) revised the heat illness prevention standard §3395 to include new…









