…Danzantes de Aztlan from Fresno State University. The dancers were followed by a brief address from Assembly Member Luis Alejo who discussed ground water and labor issues. Five 90-minute workshops…
Train the Trainer Pesticide Safety Training
…7:30AM and the session goes from 8AM to 5PM. Both sessions will break one hour for lunch. Cost for the training is $125 for Farm Bureau members and $150 for…
Fig Grower Discusses Labor Needs in California Agriculture
…and talked about California agriculture issues ranging from the drought to the dire need for adequate labor in agriculture. Robert Steinacher on California Agriculture Robert Steinacher and his wife, Karen,…
The Western View : Internet of Things
…use these things to gain the inputs to make our crops better at lower cost. For example, we have weather stations that tell us not just the temperature and wind…
Agri View: Retail Food Prices
…have never been stable. In fact, they have gone up since the great depression. Everett Griner talks about the rising cost of food in today’s Agri View. Food Cost Rising…
Almond Leadership Program from the Almond Board
…mission to encourage a new set of individuals with diverse backgrounds to become leaders in the industry. The result was the creation of the Almond Leadership Program. The no-cost, year-long…
Fast Food Prices on the Rise
…at grocery stores have been very small and have been going up and down this year, but, the cost of eating out has been going up steadily. Fast Food Prices…
EPA’S McCarthy Visits Calif. Farm to Highlight Worker Safety
…new regulations. Farm Bureau has criticized the new rules, saying the EPA is “piling regulatory costs on farmers and ranchers that bear little if any relation to actual safety issues.”…
CDFA Grants Help Growers Upgrade Irrigation Systems
…grant was having all of us farmers brainstorm about ways to save water and energy,” Torbert said. “We thought of ways to save water that didn’t cost anything.” One of…
California’s CalAgJobs.com Receives Federal Grant
…a comprehensive, one-stop online repository of internship opportunities in California pertaining specifically to specialty crops – all at no cost to either interns or employers. With more than two jobs…
National Manufacturing Month – Recognizing Where the Harvest Leads
…intermediate or final consumption by applying labor, machinery, energy, and scientific knowledge.” Did you know that California, in addition to being far-and-away the nation’s leading agricultural producer, packs just as…
Federal Pesticide Changes Mirror California Rules
…in 1992. But many of the regulations already apply in California. Bryan Little, California Farm Bureau Federation director of employment policy and chief operating officer of the Farm Employers Labor…
Governor Signs CFBF-Endorsed Bill to Streamline Groundwater Adjudication
…this historic effort and I am confident this legislation will cut the court cost and time it takes to adjudicate ground water rights in California.” Groundwater adjudications are notoriously complex,…
Ag Sec. Vilsack Talks TPP
…one of the fastest-growing regions of the world. This agreement has the strongest labor standards of any trade agreement in history, including setting fair hours, prohibiting child labor, prohibiting forced…