Retractable Roof Systems for Ag and U.S. Fairs Bring In Billions
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**The West Coast is a critical region for the production of fresh fruits and vegetables, but growers are increasingly faced with changing weather events.
Without a full cherry crop in six years, growers in Canada's Okanagan Valley are looking at ways to adapt.
With government research centers now building trial sites, growers will get a better understanding of how a retractable roof system that responds automatically to changing weather impacts their revenue.
**The Trump administration is making another run at reforming the way H-2A minimum wage rates are set that could provide some relief to farmers.
A big question is whether the administration will follow the strategy they tried to implement as President Trump was leaving office in 2020 or come up with a new method of setting the adverse effect wage rates.
Farm groups contend wage levels in the USDA survey led to unsustainable increases for H-2A workers.
**A new report from the International Association of Fairs and Expositions shows agricultural fairs generate nearly $52 billion in economic impact across the U.S.
President and CEO, David Grindle says the 2025 Economic Impact Study highlighted the financial contributions from 1,400 fairs.
Grindle tells Brownfield these events generate year-round income that are bringing tourism dollars in.
Grindle says more than 60% of the U.S. population attended a fair in 2024.
