…to grow. Several factors have contributed to the scale of consolidation within the dairy industry. Larger farms have significantly lower costs of production on average compared to smaller farms, with…
AB 2959 Raises Concern for Industry Members and Air Quality Specialists
…members have concerns about the increased cost it would create for producers, there is also concern that adding even more food waste to landfills will further increase emission levels. “I’m…
USDA Launches New Website Features to Help Farmers Hire Workers
…application and visa applications for temporary nonimmigrant workers. In an effort to make the website more efficient, the updates will also provide easy access to the Department of Labor’s Foreign…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 07-28-20
…how USDA’s food box program is benefiting communities as well as the industry, and get the details on incentive programs that help make the cost of electric yard trucks feasible….
Newsom Announces New Housing for Ag Workers During COVID
…given on the location of the housing, the cost or when the Housing for the Harvest program would begin. For more information www.gov.ca.gov Listen to the report below. Newsom Announces New…
Report Issued in USDA Investigation into Beef Markets
…about the disparities between the prices that farmers are receiving and the cost of beef products in retail outlets. USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue noted that while the report is a…
Friant-Kern Canal Issues Receiving Increased Federal Interest
…of the total project cost can be requested from the U.S. Department of the Interior. The House of Representatives recently approved H.R. 2, known as the Moving Forward Act. The…
Emphasizing Importance of Coronavirus Safety Standards to Employees
…California Farm Bureau Federation (CFBF) and COO of the Farm Employers Labor Service (FELS). “We’re kind of in a situation right now where if everything is a priority, nothing is…
Conservation Practices Prove Valuable Despite Early Challenges
The implementation of various conservation practices is continuing to prove to be a wise investment for growers. Individual cost studies are consistently showing that establishing processes for conservation can provide…
COVID-19 Farm Survey Open Until July 10
The California Farm Labor Contractor Association and the UC Davis Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety is asking for feedback from the agricultural industry. Farmers and ranchers are being…
How to Avoid COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Penalties
…operation in Bakersfield was recently ordered to pay nearly $5,500 in back wages after the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division determined an employee was denied benefits under…
Farmworker Housing Construction Gets Easier in San Luis Obispo
…The requirement that farmworker housing be within five miles of the worksite was also eliminated. “One of the highest costs that a farmer incurs is the ability to house these…
Almond Update: New Partnership and Scholarship for Pollinator Week
…the Bee Friendly Farming program are now closely aligned and ABC has created a scholarship to help cover registration costs and free cover crop seed. ABC is also hosting a…
Efforts Continue to Block Implementation of California’s Proposition 12
…their costs. The hardest hit will be family farms, especially smaller independent farms.” The ballot initiative was passed by California voters back in 2018 as the Prevention of Cruelty to…