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Ag employment services provider purchased by GrubMarket
GrubMarket announced July 14 it has completed the acquisition of Pacific Farm Management, a full-service farm management services company – a provider of agricultural employment (payroll) and workers compensation insurance services in California with additional... more »
‘Transformational’ budget to aid UC ANR research, outreach
The state budget signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom on July 12 includes a historic increase for the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources. The state restored University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources UC... more »
Western Growers releases video series ‘No Water = No Crops’
In "No Water = No Crops," a series of videos released July 12 by Western Growers, three California farmers show the impact the drought is having on their operations, and the cascading losses that result... more »
Federal judge takes issue with fight over California strawberries
A quarrel over lucrative California strawberry strains withered in court July 6 after a federal judge picked apart a corporate seller’s patent infringement lawsuit against the former chief of a legendary breeding institute. According to... more »
Albertson’s co-chairman Jim Donald headlines OPS keynote presentations
Jim Donald, Albertson’s co-chairman, will be a featured keynote presenter at the fifth annual Organic Produce Summit (OPS), joining retail industry veteran Kevin Coupe for a provocative and engaging conversation about the future of the... more »
Allied Grape Growers, CAWG release legal analysis on 2020 winegrape rejections
A report released July 8 by Allied Grape Growers and the California Association of Winegrape Growers analyzes various grape transactions in 2020 that resulted in rejections or severe price discounts due to alleged quality problems... more »
Report: Organic food market a critical to-do list for leaders to mull over
Arizona State University’s Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems has issued a new report on how the organic food market can be improved, and it's targeting the most powerful person in the free world –... more »
HIgh priority areas identified as NRCS California offers drought assistance
In the middle of California’s drought, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is meeting with landowners, Tribal representatives, and agencies to assess resource concerns and offer assistance to farmers and ranchers, as well as, forest and... more »
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