…and labor stakeholders, the Departments of State, Agriculture, Labor, and Homeland Security are embarking on a process to modernize the H-2A visa program by clarifying and improving the regulations governing…
Agri View: Farmers and the Labor Law
Everett Griner talks about farmers wanting a new labor law in today’s Agri View. Everett takes a look at the current H2A programs and has some agriculture labor statistics for…
Strawberry Crops Rebound After Freeze Damage
…month or so,” said Peck. As crops recover and improve after the freeze, the next challenge that growers will be addressing is labor. “Right now, we’re not seeing any labor…
2017 California Raisin Grape Mechanical Harvest Report
…bunches on paper trays on terraces between vine rows. The Overhead Trellis System has led to increased production of dried-on-the-vine raisins, increased machine harvesting, and decreased hand labor use. 2017…
UCANR Releases New Report for Raspberry Production Costs
…counties. The report also has an expanded section devoted to labor. UC Cooperative Extension farm advisor and co-author of the study, Mark Bolda noted that the researchers looked at farming…
Agri View: Fruit and Vegetable Labor Problem
…is causing this price increase is labor. Farmers are dealing with two problems. Both labor related. In the first place, it is getting harder and harder to find the labor…
Analyst: Labor Shortages and Volatile Feed Prices Ahead for Meat Industry
…price changes could be intensified by all the extra investors in the market. As for labor, he predicts rising competition for labor and associated wage increases over the next 12…
CCM Ramping Up Political Efforts on Behalf of Citrus Growers
…of topics including trade, labor, and water. “Since last fall, we went through an exercise at Citrus Mutual to try to determine how we can be more impactful in creating…
Agri View: What About Pistachios
…of the economy. Most of it goes into nearly 240 acres of land. All of this involves production, labor, and processing. Finally, last year’s crop produced an impact that reached…
Comprehensive New NAFTA Coming Soon
…labor, and dispute settlement mechanisms. “We are certainly in a more intense period of the negotiations and are making good progress,” says Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland. U.S. Trade Representative…
Great Reasons for Growing a Garden
…and pruning. Mood elevation happens when seeing the fruits of your labor… especially when starting those plants,whether they are fruits, veggies or flowers, from seedlings. Another thing that will make…
Loss Of Foreign Workers Would Hurt Agriculture
…of Labor. “If we don’t address the current labor shortage or it gets exacerbated, we could see animal health and well-being suffer and agricultural facilities shutting down, causing severe financial…
USDA: No Consolidation in Cow-Calf Operations for Five Years
…a senior economist with the Economic Research Service, says developments in confinement feeding, along with changes in housing and feeding, brought down the need for a lot of additional labor…
Fresh Advertising Campaign for California Avocados
…highlight June as California Avocado Month. There will also be several events and co-marketing ventures that will promote the various summer holidays from Memorial Day through Labor Day. The CAC…