Articles Tagged with ''California Farm Bureau Federation''

Industry has a voice in Newsom’s task force * Bill would boost USDA spending cap to $68B

As the state pumps nearly $1 billion into procuring N95 masks for healthcare workers, industries like agriculture are left competing for purchases and relying on cloth masks when possible.

The results of a California Farm Bureau survey shows that 57% of farmers have been hit with lost customers or reduced sales due to the pandemic.

A proposal to tax sugary beverage distributors returns to the Legislature * Tax on sugary beverages is back * Trump gives meatpacking marching orders

Bill on H-2A workers’ rights amended to include disasters * Farm groups, Hill allies fighting payment limits * Food giveaway could be uneven

While the novel coronavirus looms over producers and farmworkers coast to coast, farmers and agribusinesses are employing a full array of practices and resources to beat it back.

California’s ag extension ranks have been thinned for three decades, but farm groups are fighting to restore funding and staff positions.

DPR has released new details on how it plans to reduce emissions under a set of niche pilot programs set to launch this summer.