Labor
Fruit Growers News wants your opinion
Fruit growers, what are your biggest concerns right now? Fruit Growers News is seeking feedback from specialty crop growers on the biggest issues they’re facing and what topics they’re most interested in learning more about.... more »
IFTA Yakima Valley tour provides orchard insights
During the International Fruit Tree Association (IFTA) conference and orchard visits, participants viewed the variety of fruit training systems and crop load management programs that Washington apple growers employ. Participants visited a half-dozen farms in... more »
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"Lessons learned” A look at how everything farmers buy and sell is determined by others. I have been farming Michigan blueberries my entire life and my family has been farming them since 1956. I am... more »
Industry applauds bipartisan ag labor group’s report
Industry leaders and associations applauded the House Committee on Agriculture’s bipartisan agriculture labor working group’s final report. The report is the product of a months-long effort to identify workforce challenges faced by the agriculture industry... more »
IFPA director joins farm labor task force
The International Fresh Produce Association's John Hollay, director of U.S. government relations for the group, has been named to a multi-stakeholder and bi-national task force on farm labor. The task force, established by the Woodrow... more »
EFI webinars showcase sustainable farming practices
Equitable Food Initiative (EFI), the capacity-building and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer groups, has announced three upcoming sustainability offerings. EFI has premiered a video: “Agriculture is Climate Work.” The video... more »
60 years of advocating for agricultural employers
The curtain recently closed on the National Council of Agricultural Employers' (NCAE) 60th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Sixty years ago, visionary agricultural employers identified correctly that they needed to form an association to advance... more »
Mr. Peach, labor advocate recognized
Lawton Pearson, owner of Pearson Farm in Fort Valley, Georgia, was honored as 2024’s Mr. Peach at a Jan. 6 awards breakfast at the Southeast Regional Fruit & Vegetable Conference in Savannah, Georgia. Pearson’s ancestors... more »
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On-farm AI: Water, farm, labor research guide decisions
Data collection tool expands farm management
Carmel Valley winegrapes: Parsonage Village Vineyard
IFTA Yakima Valley tour provides orchard insights
IFTA recognizes tree fruit honorees
Pennsylvania recognizes fruit industry professionals
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