Release of immigration-reform principles by House Republican leaders marks a step toward tackling a critical issue for farmers and all Americans, according to the California Farm Bureau Federation. CFBF President…
ASTA 2014 Vegetable Seed Conference Offers Many Critical Updates
…Here to Open or Download Audio Jane Demarchi is V. P. of Governmental and Regulatory Affairs for ASTA, based in Washington D. C. She discusses some key elements in the…
Lucas Praises House Passage of Farm Bill Conference Report
…food banks. Additional Reforms & Regulatory Relief The Agricultural Act of 2014 includes multiple regulatory relief provisions benefitting agricultural and forestry industries. Consolidates 23 duplicative and overlapping conservation programs into…
Costa Statement on State of the Union
…be one of action and the 10 million Americans still living in the shadows could not agree more while they continue to wait for Congress to act on immigration reform….
AFBF on Obama’s State of the Union Address
…State of the Union address for Congress to pass immigration reform. Many farmers rely on an immigrant labor force, and, without reform, growers will begin to plant less labor-intensive crops…
House-Senate Negotiators Announce Bipartisan Agreement on Final Farm Bill
Bill Reforms Agricultural Policy, Reduces the Deficit, Grows the Economy WASHINGTON – House and Senate agriculture leaders today announced a bipartisan, bicameral agreement on a five-year farm bill that will…
Final State Water Action Plan Released
…capacity and improve groundwater management. Provide safe water for all communities. Increase flood protection. Increase operational and regulatory efficiency. Identify sustainable and integrated financing opportunities. The report is available here….
Possible Delay for Federal Water Projects Bill
There could be a delay ahead for the federal water projects bill. Click to Open or Download Audio Report House-Senate negotiations on a long-awaited water projects bill to reform locks…
Immigration Reform Under Shadow of Other Government Issues
Immigration reform has fallen under the shadow of another government issue, healthcare. Julie McPeake has the story. Click to Open or Download Audio Report…
Farm Bill Progress Slowed by Dairy Reform Proposal
Some had hoped for a Farm Bill conference this week, but consideration of a dairy reform proposal may have kept that from happening. Click to Open or Download Audio Report…
Young Cattlemen’s Conference Deadline Approaching
…plant, through marketing and regulatory affairs and finally ending at consumer foodservice. “YCC is an experience all Angus breeders should consider when broadening their industry awareness,” says Milford Jenkins, Angus…
California Farms and Consumers in Jeopardy
…businesses, and California consumers will feel the full impact of the drought and the regulatory failures,” said Tom Birmingham, general manager of Westlands Water District. Water is an economic engine…
California Delegation Water Letter to Obama, Brown
…this on-going man-made drought. Farmers and farm-workers, families, and communities throughout my District continue to suffer as the Endangered Species Act and other regulatory barriers have starved them of desperately…