…California’s agriculture industry. Many believe this will complicate labor issues even more and actually reduce the amount of hours workers will receive. The phasing in process will begin in 2019….
Ag Producers Cut Expenses by Nine Percent
…services, 11.5 percent, and labor, 8.8 percent. In 2015, the United States total farm expenditure average per farm is $176,181 down 8.0 percent from $191,500 in 2014. On average, United…
Dairy Fighting for Immigration, TPP, and Child Nutrition
…the fact remains that we have a serious mismatch between the supply of workers available to farming and agriculture, and the labor demand on dairy farms, orchards, nurseries, meat packing…
R&D Investments for Small Businesses
…will use a grant to evaluate the feasibility of a mobile drinking water laboratory to improve water quality and reduce costs at rural water treatment plants. This project will develop…
Transplanting System Saving Labor, Increasing Yields
A company continues to test its automated lettuce transplanting system on the Central Coast. The Plant Tape system takes a lot of labor out of the transplanting process and company…
Agri View: Labor Program
Everett Griner talks about producers need a working labor program in today’s Agri View. Labor Program This summer has made it clear that the H2A program is not working. H2A…
Labor Day Grilling Safety
Cathy Isom has some tips on how to be extra careful when grilling those Labor Day burgers. That story’s ahead on This Land of Ours. Labor Day Grilling Safety Labor…
Economic Analysis of the 2016 CA Drought for Ag
…areas of California’s agriculture still affected by water shortages. Modest recovery in contract labor growth from 2014 to 2015 is apparent from labor statistics due to favorable market conditions for…
Planning a Safe Picnic
Cathy Isom has some tips on how a little bit of planning can help prevent a lot of problems with your Labor Day cookout and picnic. That’s coming up on…
Agri View: Dangerous Work
Everett Griner talks about farm labor among the most dangerous in today’s Agri View. Dangerous Work From the day school is out to the start of the next fall term…
Farm Labor Overtime Bill Passes
As the state sat divided and waited for an outcome, the California Assembly voted to pass the farm worker overtime bill AB1066. The bill was introduced by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez,…
High Density Almond Trial Showing Promise
…to a grape gondola without ever touching the ground. Lyons says the goal is to eliminate some of the labor in the process as well as other added costs. His…
California Has a Stable Farm Workforce
…illegal immigration by presidential candidates and a new law under consideration in California to require overtime pay for farmworkers have made farm employment part of a national conversation. California’s labor-intensive…
Farm Groups Discuss Ag Policy with Trump
…bill and crop insurance programs, ag labor, infrastructure and the importance of science-based regulatory policy.” The groups met with the Clinton Campaign in June. Other organizations represented in the meeting…