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California Ag Today
Now fully implemented, monetary assessments are coming in as to pork prices and Proposition 12 here in the state of California.
Fruit Grower Report
A bill meant to give farmers a 12-week overtime exemption failed to get enough support for passage during the recently ended legislative session in Olympia.
Fruit Grower Report
A bill meant to give farmers a 12-week overtime exemption failed to get enough support for passage during the recently ended legislative session in Olympia.
The Agribusiness Update
Dairy farmers looking to buy young heifers to replace their older milking cows should get used to the sticker shock, and U.S. sugar exports for fiscal year 2024 are forecast to be the largest they’ve been in six years.
The Agribusiness Update
GDA and USDA offer $7.1 million competitive grant funding to build resilience across supply chain, and U.S. sugar exports for fiscal year 2024 are forecast to be the largest they’ve been in six years.
California Ag Today
California’s Proposition 12 has ignited a flurry of controversy with national and international impacts, will take a lot of work to overturn. California Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher explains how that would take place, with the right support from consumers.
The Agribusiness Update
Proposition 12, the California law that prohibits the sale of whole pork that comes from pigs raised in gestation crates, is now in place, and the U.N.’s Food and Agricultural Organization says world food prices dropped in December.
The Agribusiness Update
Since California’s new overtime law for farm employees took effect in 2019, there has been, on average, a decrease in farmworker’s hours and wages, and the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee will meet this Friday.
The Agribusiness Update
Proposition 12, the California law that prohibits the sale of whole pork in the state that comes from the pigs raised in gestation crates, is now in place, and USDA’s Undersecretary Alexis Taylor will lead a trade mission to India in April and USDA is accepting applications from exporters who'd like to join her.
California Ag Today
Thank you for joining us for part two. The National Agricultural Law Center, based in Arkansas, called 2023 a year for significant developments and changes on the legal front in the ag industry. Harrison Pittman, director of the Ag Law Center, walks us through a few issues to watch for in 2024.
Southeast Regional Ag News
When it comes to agricultural law, Director of the Ag Law Center Harrison Pittman says there are four topics of note for 2024.
California Ag Today
California’s Prop 12 goes into effect with the new year on January 1. It becomes California state law during a time of already great uncertainty in the pork market. American Farm Bureau Federation Economist Bernt Nelson talks about the current pork market conditions.
California Ag Today
California’s Proposition 12 was already having a negative impact before the new year begins. Scott Hays, President of the National Pork Producers Council, says Prop 12 is not what it was marketed to be.
The Agribusiness Update
USDA research shows climate change may increase the insect population posing a threat to specialty crops, and new data shows H-2A usage reached new highs in fiscal year 2023 despite an increase in the Adverse Effect Wage Rate.
The Agribusiness Update
GDA’s Ag Inputs Division’s Feed Program passed their Animal Food Regulatory Program Standards audit, and new data shows H-2A usage reached new highs in fiscal year 2023 despite an increase in the Adverse Effect Wage Rate.
California Ag Today
Welcome back to our miniseries on California’s upcoming Prop 12 implementation. Folks in nearly all 50 states work to prepare to meet the new animal confinement regulations, but confusing language and unprecedented obstacles for foreign trade partners muddy the water.
California Ag Today
With California’s Prop 12 implementation just weeks away, producers on both sides of the northern border brace for impact. Although the strict law mandating rigid animal confinement regulations is for in-state product sales, the implications extend beyond U.S. borders.
California Ag Today
Join us for my chat with CME Group's Makenzie Billings at the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Convention in Kansas City.
The Agribusiness Update
The latest WASDE Report says U.S. corn production is forecast down 70 million to 173 bushels per acre, and American Farmland Trust recently awarded more than $1 million to 110 farmers through the Brighter Future Fund.
California Ag Today
The U.S. pork industry is looking at options for dealing with California’s Proposition 12, recently upheld by the Supreme Court. Michael Formica the chief legal strategist for the National Pork Producers Council, talks about where the industry is at regarding Prop 12.