…animal agriculture: laboratory-produced cultured protein and gene editing in livestock production. Alternative Proteins Want It Both Ways Alternative proteins include those that are plant-based as well as cultured products grown…
USDA Applauds Housing Eligibility for Temporary Farm Workers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released internal guidance on changes made to farm labor housing eligibility. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 amended a section of the Housing Act…
The Answer to Reforming Immigration Remains Elusive
…would the legislature want to give us an agricultural labor bill that doesn’t add labor to our workforce but detracts and diminishes the labor supply we have in this country?”…
Equipment Manufacturers: Trade War Bad for Business, Risks Jobs
…target vital parts and components used in equipment manufacturing throughout the U.S. “They will also drive up the cost of manufacturing in the U.S. and risk many of the 1.3…
EPA Administrator Pruitt Resigns
…Capitol Hill condominium from an energy lobbyist on very favorable rental terms. There were already concerns about the high cost of Pruitt’s travel and security detail, as well as the…
First 2017 Crop Report has Little Lingering Drought Effects
The latest Monterey County Crop Report that was recently released highlighted a four percent increase in the value of agricultural production in 2017. Despite certain weather and labor challenges, Monterey…
Senate Approves Pesticide Registration Improvement Act
…passed H.R. 1029, their own reauthorization of PRIA, with strong bipartisan support on a voice vote. A variety of agriculture, non-agriculture, environmental, and labor interests all have come out in…
Agri View: Evolution of the Tractor
…hundred dollars back then to something that cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars today. It took the tiny one-row instrument to one that could plant and plow up to…
Agri View: Growing Your Own Backyard Chickens
…is a little space in your yard. No, it isn’t bad for your land. It is good for it. It doesn’t cost a fortune. As a matter of fact, it…
Perdue Signals Aid Plan Announcement Possible Around Labor Day
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue in Chicago this week says he is hopeful his aid program for farmers will be released by Labor Day and the harvest season. Perdue spoke at…
Agri View: Unusual Farm Technology
…both languages. It could be used for social information as well as business. Best of all. It didn’t cost thousands of dollars. He can carry it in his shirt pocket….
Agri View: Pork Exports to Other than China
…embargoed items is pork. It can cost U.S. hog farmers millions of dollars. No one knows how to deal with it, as long as it last. There is good news…
Ganaz, GroGuru Win Radicle Automation Challenge
Answering the call to help solve agriculture’s severe labor shortage, Western Growers and Radicle Growth today awarded Ganaz and GroGuru each with $250,000 in seed funding to advance their automation…
NPPC Wants Regulations Reined In Further
American pork producers are facing the triple-whammy of declining income, a growing labor shortage, and volatile markets caused by trade disputes. They don’t also need to contend with costly red…