John Duarte, President of Duarte Nursery and former U.S. Congressman, joined The Ag Meter with Nick Papagni for a wide-ranging interview on the urgent issues affecting California agriculture—water, immigration reform,…
Texas Revives Screwworm Fight with New Swormlure-5 Bait
…need for additional production capacity: “There’s talk, there’s no action, but there’s talk of a bill running through Congress just to build a Texas fly facility that will produce 300…
How Early Colonists Sent Letters Before the U.S. Postal System
…Atlantic, dependent on the schedules and goodwill of ship captains. The Birth of the U.S. Postal System Everything changed on July 26, 1775, when the Second Continental Congress officially established…
Benjamin Franklin and the Postal Roots of American Agriculture
…Congress. Though his term lasted just one year—ending when he was sent to France as a diplomat—Franklin laid the groundwork for a critical communication network that would later support the…
AgNet News Hour Monday, 07-21-25
…challenges facing California agriculture. Despite repeated efforts in Congress—including bipartisan support for the Farm Workforce Modernization Act—comprehensive reform remains elusive. LeMay stresses the importance of skilled labor in the field…
Trump Administration Ends Regional Food Business Centers Program
…Stakeholders now look to Congress and future administrations for potential legislative action that could restore or reimagine support for small and mid-sized food producers. Sponsored Content CIR Agriculture Harvester Products…
Senators Resist Effort to Override Prop 12
…the House version of the bill. While similar federal efforts have surfaced in the past, they have often met bipartisan resistance—particularly regarding congressional intervention that would effectively override state laws….
USDA Opens Sign-Up for Supplemental Disaster Relief Program
…aid from the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2025, which was passed by Congress at the end of the previous year. This announcement pertains specifically to stage one of…
H-2A Guestworker Program Burdening California Farmers
…of problem,” said Cunha. “Right now, we have to take care of the workers that are here, that have been here for 20, 30 years. It’s our Congress that’s at…
Cunha: Immigration Failure Hurts America’s Farmworkers
…down the road too many times,” he said. “Now we’ve formed a coalition to push Congress to develop a guest worker program that works for multiple industries—not just agriculture, but…
Cunha on Immigration, Labor, Regulatory Reform
…raised children—many now attending college. “A farmworker’s daughter is studying medicine at UCLA. Should we deport her mother? Absolutely not.” 10. A Call to Congress and the Administration In closing,…
California Ag Water Outlook: Hope from Ryan Jacobsen
…such top-level attention—though also the temporary nature of executive orders. “Whatever happens during this administration can be undone by the next,” he warned. “That’s why Congress must act to create…
AgNet News Hour Wednesday, 05-28-25
…from mass firings and reorganizations, affecting 21 agencies and 15,000 positions. The Trump administration’s authority to reorganize without Congress’s approval is debated, with Speaker 1 confident in their legal standing….
Farming in California vs the United States
The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith’s America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.; Gift; The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation in memory…