…We also had many chime in with milk prices, climate change and immigration. All important agricultural issues impacting our ag community. Here are the poll results: Trade – 13% WOTUS-…
Farm Bureau Delegates Chart a Course for 2016
…that requires that individuals be convicted of a federal crime before their property is seized. Immigration Delegates reaffirmed support for flexibility in the H-2A program that would allow workers to…
Agri View: Migrant Trends
…up by Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) due to their undocumented status causes many farm workers to go into hiding in the communities that they work and live in and…
Agri View: Immigration
Immigration has been in the news for several years now. Not just since the public officials have been seeking office. Some farmers think the Department of Agriculture should be directly…
Farmers Report Shortage of Help to Harvest Crops
…immigration reform that would include an agricultural guestworker program that would be “much more flexible and responsive to market demands” than the existing H-2A program. “Reform should also permit current…
Farm to Fork Exhibition and Great Grape Event to Open at Fresno State
…Special Collections Research Center, in partnership with the Tulare County Museum of Farm Labor and Agriculture, Farm to Fork will feature the immigration history of the Valley’s largest ethnic populations…
California State Board of Food and Agriculture to Discuss Agricultural Trade and Workforce Immigration Issues in San Diego
From CDFA Meetings on March 31st and April 1st The California State Board of Food and Agriculture will focus on agricultural trade and workforce immigration issues at its upcoming meetings…
California Farmers and Immigration Reform
Wenger California Farm Bureau President Paul Wenger discusses what needs to happen now for immigration reform and why it’s vital to much of California’s agriculture. Immigration and California Farmers…
Farmers, Ranchers Call on Capitol Hill to Address Agriculture’s Needs
…hone their grassroots advocacy efforts. Farm Bureau members are meeting with their elected representatives to discuss a wide range of issues including immigration, tax reform, international trade, the Endangered Species…
Farm Bureau Approves Strategic Action Plan for 2015
…legal, stable and reliable labor supply,” Stallman said. “America can either import our labor or import our food. We recognize the difficulty of passing meaningful immigration reform that addresses the…
Agri View: Immigration Reform?
Everett Griner talks about agriculture still being caught in a squabble in today’s Agri View. Immigration Reform?…
Stallman: Farmers and Ranchers Still Optimistic Despite Washington’s Past Dysfunction
…remain before Congress, including: • Immigration reform, which must include a reliable and legal workforce for America’s farms and ranches; • A national, fact-based approach to food labeling, rather than…
Immigration Reform and California Agriculture
…more than $33 billion in revenue annually. That’s why farmers here have a huge stake in any changes that are made to immigration policy. Susan Carter has more. Immigration Reform…
AFBF President on Obama’s Immigration Plan
Bob Stallman American Farm Bureau President Bob Stallman issued the following statement after Thursday’s announcement from President Obama on immigration. “In practical terms, we do not expect the president’s initiative…