…workers from other countries. The U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of State, and state workforce agencies each manage parts of the H-2A Visa Program…
AFBF Concerned about Labor, Trade if Border Closed
The American Farm Bureau Federation is urging the administration to make sure that any steps undertaken to tighten enforcement at the U.S. border do not create more uncertainty for agricultural…
Trusted, reliable protection
…that delivers proven, cost-effective disease control for improved crop quality and higher yield potential against a host of diseases. A neutral pH requires no buffering and allows integration with many…
Emergency Process Pushing New Air Quality Standard for Wildfire Smoke
…that point forward…so, you’re looking at approximately 360 days in which this emergency rule can be in place.” The original petition submitted by the California Labor Federation, Worksafe, and the…
Dairy Producers Previously Enrolled in the Livestock Gross Margin Program Now Eligible for 2018 Margin Protection Program
…average feed cost — the margin — falls below a certain dollar amount selected by the producers in a dairy operation. LGM-Dairy is an insurance product that provides protection when feed costs rise or…
Deadline Approaches for NRCS Conservation Easement Applications
…to cost-share the purchase of conservation easements that will provide permanent protection for farming and ranching on privately owned lands. The projects made possible through the program help to prevent…
Farm Bureau Leaders Visit Capitol, Meet New Faces
…with more than 100 legislators regarding water, farm labor, environmental issues, fees as well as other regulations and policies. Before their tour, attendees tuned into issues at advisory committee…
Farm Bureau Seeks Action for Olive Growers
…of groves causing nuisance, and pest and disease concerns for adjacent landowners; farm labor contractors reducing hours available to their workers during the pruning and harvesting periods for olives, loss…
Blue Card Bill ‘A Step In A Direction’
Douglass and Wolfe discussing issues at AgSafe’s 2019 Annual Conference. The proposed Agricultural Worker Program Act will not fix agricultural labor issues in California, but it is a sign of…
Western View: The Story of Shorty Harris
…that connects Panamint and Saline valleys. Shorty loved to talk, and he loved the conviviality of saloons much more than the hard labor of mucking ore. But\he was an exceptionally…
Broad Coalition Urges Congress to Protect Farm Bill Program Funding
…Budget and Appropriations committee leaders. Not only does the 2018 farm bill improve upon the reforms made in 2014, it is projected to cost far less over 10 years than…
Good Market for ‘Off’ California Avocados in 2019
…gluttony of fruit in stores in February due to a labor strike ending in Mexico. Once those packing lines started back up, Mexican fruit flooded the market and depressed prices. Bellamore said all…
U.S. to End Trade Preference Program for India and Turkey
…as combatting child labor. Other requirements for GSP status include intellectual property protection and affording the U.S. reasonable market access. Each of the countries is being removed from the program…
Sec. Perdue Comments on the Development of a Vaccine Bank
…said, noting it is a three-pronged approach. “One is really an awareness system working with states and then a laboratory network and then a real vaccine bank.” The 2018 Farm…