California Immigration Raids and 4th of July Food Prices Unchanged
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**Following this month’s immigration raids on California farms, the state Farm Bureau expressed solidarity with farm workers and advocated for a sensible approach to enforcement.
Senior Director of Policy, Bryan Little says indiscriminate deportations could disrupt California agriculture, rural communities and the broader economy.
He says they stand with those who plant, cultivate, harvest and process the crops that make California the leading producer of fruits, vegetables and nuts in the U.S.
**Following a week of immigration whiplash, President
Trump's border czar Tom Homan confirmed worksite enforcement operation will continue in the agriculture and hospitality industries.
Asked what he would tell farmers concerned the raids will hurt the industry, Homan says, "first, there are legal programs that bring farm workers in. Second, just because Congress failed to address this problem, doesn't mean we ignore it. It's illegal to knowingly hire an illegal alien.
**Families celebrating the Fourth of July continue to find high prices at the grocery store, based on the 2025 American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual market basket survey.
This year’s cookout for ten people will cost $70.92, down only 30 cents from last year’s record-high, and the second-highest cost since Farm Bureau began the survey in 2013.
The survey shows an increase in the cost of beef, potato salad, and pork and beans.
