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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Farms may be required to pay higher wages to some foreign workers under changes the Labor Department has finalized in the way that H-2A minimum pay rates are calculated.
A federal judge has declined to set aside the Biden administration’s H-2A rule issued last year, rejecting a request for a preliminary injunction sought by the National Council of Agricultural Employers.
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to reinstate protections for farmworkers exposed to pesticides, officially dumping a 2020 Trump administration rule that went into effect briefly before the Biden administration took office.
The House Agriculture Committee is undergoing a wholesale overhaul with a new roster that is heavy with first-term lawmakers and significantly more diverse than what the panel had when heading into previous farm bill debates.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Office of Farm Equity awarded $5 million in grants to help organizations across the state train farmworkers and beginning farmers.
A second big Supreme Court case for agriculture is coming up next week, this one involving California’s Proposition 12 requirements for animal housing.
In this opinion piece, Ian LeMay of the California Fresh Fruit Association highlights the potential AgTech has to be a real difference-maker for growers in California.
Bills on card check, climate change and well permitting have captured the attention of agricultural organizations as debates heat up in the final week of session for the California Legislature.
The Legislature could set stronger protections for farmworkers during extreme heat along with new PPE requirements when wildfire smoke blows into the valley, as climate change looks to intensify these natural disasters.
Agricultural employers seeking to get H-2A workers into the country for seasonal labor are finding that under U.S. COVID-19 protocols, not all vaccines are created equal.