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California governor signs farmworker overtime bill
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 1066 into law on Sept. 12, expanding overtime for farmworkers. The California legislature passed the... READ MORE »
California senator hopes to extend pear harvest bill
Senator Mike McGuire has introduced SB702, the Lake County Teen Employment and Training Act, which would extend state legislation allowing 16 and 17 y... READ MORE »
National farm women’s organization has seeds in Michigan
After growing up on the family farm in Coloma, Michigan, Kim Schmuhl went away to college to become a teacher. She returned with a teaching certifi... READ MORE »
Commentary: Rules govern union access to farms for ‘heat sweeps’
The United Farm Workers labor union has recently engaged in a flurry of activity. UFW public communications call these actions "heat sweeps during har... READ MORE »
California drought showing no sign of relenting
Although early February storms brought much-needed precipitation to California, they only made a small dent in the four-year-old drought, water manage... READ MORE »
Ranchers, farmers brace for ‘death tax’ impact
Rancher Kevin Kester works dawn to dusk, drives a 12-year-old pick-up truck and earns less than a typical bureaucrat in Washington D.C., yet the feder... READ MORE »
Labor shortage hits strawberry farmers
California farmers are experiencing a significant shortage of harvest labor.According to the California Farm Bureau Federation, berry farmers have bee... READ MORE »
World is marketplace for these California farmers
If you were growing fruit in California during the last several years, Asia was a good place to be. Richard Taylor, who with his brother, John Taylor,... READ MORE »
Farmers still fighting for immigrant guest-worker program
California and Southern farmers renewed their case Thursday for some kind of an agricultural guest-worker program, but they're sailing against the win... READ MORE »
Hiring farm workers more complicated than ever
To Craig Regelbrugge, conditions for U.S. agricultural employers are about as bad as they've ever been. An estimated three-fourths of ag workers i... READ MORE »
