Winegrapes Without Contract and No Pesticide Crackdown
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**Amid a global downturn in wine consumption, an increasing number of California winegrape growers are cultivating their crops without a winery contract this season.
Without a guaranteed buyer, Sacramento County farmer Max Francesconi is focused on maintaining grape quality while carefully managing costs.
Francesconi told Ag Alert® you still have to do preventative maintenance and keep high-quality grapes on the vine so you can market them.
**The Trump administration says there won’t be a crackdown on pesticide use in the U.S.
Politico says that’s despite a report from the Make America Healthy Again Committee that called crop protection products dangerous to people’s health.
Ag industry lobbyists have been pushing back against the MAHA Committee report, which linked pesticides to cancer and other diseases.
A White House official says a plan is due in August and won’t include new pesticide policies.
**White House border czar Tom Homan says the Trump administration is considering possible changes to its immigration enforcement policy as it relates to farm and hospitality workers.
In an interview on NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Homan said people in the White House are talking about various policy solutions, and expects an announcement sometime soon.
The Trump administration has sent mixed messages about its approach to immigration raids that affect farms and migrant farmworkers.
