…in agricultural employment, where three-quarters of workers are immigrants. One significant factor underlying the changing trends, alongside evolving commodity demands and worker demographics, is declining migration from Mexico, the country…
Early Market Benefits Apple Growers
…reason, growers say: As an early variety, it allows California “to be the only player coming on a new market,” said Steve Chinchiolo, who grows conventional and organic apples in…
Farm Labor Shortage May Drive Produce Prices Higher
…other crops because it’s much harder to preserve, especially compared to commodities like corn and grain. California lettuce farmers were actually hit hard by those spring rains that ended the…
Agri View: Export Trade
…over 7,000 jobs for nonfarm workers. Here is a stunning figure. United States agricultural exports created over one billion non-farm jobs in 2016. Another factor. Canada and Mexico, our neighbors,…
Alumnus Montgomery Returns as New Fresno State Winemaker
…nation’s first commercial winery on a university campus. Founded in 1997, it has won more than 600 wine competition honors. For more information about the Fresno State Winery, visit www.fresnostatewinery.com….
USDA Reports Preview
…In January, USDA predicted the corn yield at just under 171 billion bushels. Farm Journal’s AgWeb.com says most analysts agree that Thursday’s estimate will likely come in well under the…
Western View: Teosinte and GMO Foods
…tastier, or easier to grind. They’d learned to hybridize and By 4000 BC, Teosinte had become maize, with cobs an inch long. Thus, Maize was the first genetically modified food….
Poll: Tax Reform Needed for Farmers and America
A commanding majority of American voters support tax reform, a nationwide poll shows, while most voters also support tax changes that would benefit America’s farm and ranch families. The survey…
June Results Confirm Strong First Half for U.S. Red Meat Exports
…million). Additional markets contributing to this growth included Mexico, Canada, Chile, Colombia and the Philippines. Variety meat export value averaged $9.78 per head slaughtered in the first half, up $2.10…
Funding to Encourage SNAP Participants to Purchase Healthy Foods
…Comprehensive Health Corporation, Whitesburg, Kentucky, $307,916 Crossroads Community Food Network, Inc., Takoma Park, Maryland, $112,403 Together We Can, North Las Vegas, Nevada, $500,000 The Fortune Society, Inc., New York City,…
Tomato Harvest Slowly Gains Momentum
…his case, his company is making use of mechanical sorters as part of the harvest work, much of which is already mechanized. “Used to be, years ago, that you’d have…
Western View: Waters of California?
…time. According to an article in the Los Angeles Daily News, farmers, homebuilders, developers, and business groups have already testified against these proposed state regulations. They warn that the rules…
Ex-Trade Negotiator Says Trump “Misguided” on NAFTA
…snare farm exports in trade disputes. “Personally, I think it’s a misguided objective for a trade agreement,” Vetter says, “I don’t believe the trade deficit is a way of measuring…
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Proclaims National Farmers Market Week
…economy. In addition to being good for the farmers and convenient for consumers, farmers markets are a gathering place that help build a sense of community. On Friday, Aug. 11,…