…the previous year. United States Farm Labor for April There were 688,000 workers hired directly by farm operators on the Nation’s farms and ranches during the week of April 6-12,…
Agri View: Child Labor
Everett Griner talks about child labor, and how far it should go in today’s Agri View. Child Labor…
USDA Announces Landmark Commitment to Improve Sage-Grouse Habitat
…focus resources on cost effective and efficient solutions that could avert the need to list the bi-state population as “threatened” or “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act. Today, the Bureau…
Floriculture Crop 2013 Summary
…19. A total of 4,525 operations hired workers during 2013. Overall, 75 percent of operations used some hired labor during 2013, unchanged from 2012. Floriculture Crop 2013 Summary (full report)…
CDFA Announces Available Funding for State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program
…is no cost to attend the workshops or webinar. Space is limited at each workshop location. Individuals planning to attend should email grants@cdfa.ca.gov with their contact information, number of seats…
NRCS Drought Assistance Averts Hazardous Wind Erosion in the Klamath Basin
…EWP provided $882,500 towards the $1.15 million cost, and $267,500 came from local sources. “We were happy to be in the right place at the right time to sponsor this…
California Wheat Farmer Installed as USW Chairman
…producer checkoff dollars managed by 19 state wheat commissions and through cost-share funding provided by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service. For more information, visit www.uswheat.org or contact your state wheat commission….
New Waterways Law Benefits Agriculture, Consumers
…in a cost-effective way. Walmsley says more funding in the Inland Waterways Trust Fund has been freed for other projects – which is something to watch as the new law…
Costa Announces $6.3 Million in Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency Grants
Rep. Jim Costa (D-Fresno) today announced $6.3 million in Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency grants. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, in partnership with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, released the…
USDA Announces Funding, Issues Federal Order to Combat PEDv
…biosecurity practices. $2.4 million for diagnostic testing $1.5 million to National Animal Health Laboratory Network diagnostic laboratories for genomic sequencing for newly positive herds APHIS’ Federal Order requires producers, veterinarians,…
USDA Announces Programs to Conserve Sensitive Land and Help Beginning Farmers
…years, and twice as many are 65 or older compared to those 45 or younger. The cost of buying land is one of the biggest barriers to many interested in…
Key Agriculture Componet Added to Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Awards
…of Food and Agriculture; the State Transportation Agency; the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency; the Labor and Workforce Development Agency; the Health and Human Services Agency; and the Governor’s…
AFBF on Future of Immigration Reform
Immigration reform is a top priority for the American Farm Bureau. AFBF ag labor specialist Kristi Boswell says Farm Bureau has been working very hard to see reform move forward…
Citrus Meeting to Focus on ACP Spread Prevention
…The meeting is scheduled for June 10 at the National Orange Show Events Center. Growers, pest control advisors, farm labor contractors and packinghouse representatives from San Bernardino and Riverside counties…