Articles Tagged with ''Grower-Shipper Association of Central California''

Farm Hands West: Ramirez appointed GSA vice chair

04/27/22 9:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

The Grower-Shipper Association of Central California (GSA) has appointed Victor Ramirez as the new vice-chair and Greg Beach as the new secretary of the board of directors.

Ag groups join with unions in call for vaccines

02/17/21 10:50 AM By Brad Hooker

A coalition of groups in Monterey County are calling for a special allocation of 55,000 COVID-19 vaccines for ag workers.

COVID-19 regulation would disrupt the food supply chain, argue attorneys

02/03/21 10:52 AM By Brad Hooker

Two lawsuits are challenging the legal authority of new COVID-19 worker safety requirements.

Ag groups file suit over California’s new COVID-19 regulation

12/31/20 1:07 PM By Brad Hooker

A coalition of farm and business groups filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles on Thursday challenging an emergency regulation recently adopted by the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board.

Disease, wildfires and rats: Water quality regulation raises more issues for growers

09/30/20 10:25 AM By Brad Hooker

Farmers worry that a regulation requiring vegetative buffers along waterways could create habitat for invasive pests as well as fuel for wildfires.

CDFA applauded for quick response to wildfires

09/02/20 6:12 PM By Brad Hooker

Chris Valadez, president of the Grower-Shipper Association of Central California, thanked CDFA Secretary Karen Ross for quickly sending masks to farmers.

Daybreak: Newsom boosts ag housing

07/27/20 5:38 PM By Brad Hooker

Funding Friant-Kern fix * GOP pledges aid plan today * Trump trade remark draws Dem retort

Newsom boosts housing for infected ag workers

07/27/20 5:24 PM By Brad Hooker

Gov. Newsom on Friday announced state support for constructing temporary isolation housing for COVID-positive agricultural workers who are asymptomatic.

Ag Order 4.0 could cut $700 million from the Salinas Valley lettuce market

07/15/20 8:28 AM By Brad Hooker

A new study shows how Ag Order 4.0 could have disastrous impacts on both growers and the Salinas Valley economy.

Farmworkers, growers grapple with need for more COVID-19 tests and other resources

07/15/20 8:13 AM By Brad Hooker

As COVID-19 infection rates continue to rise in California, labor unions and social justice groups are expressing more concerns about the health and safety of farmworkers.

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01.31.2025

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Jan. 31, 2025: House Ag Committee leadership, Zippy Duvall at AFBF convention

Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., is the new ranking member on the House Ag Committee. We sat down with her and Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Penn., to discuss their vision for leading the committee and their stance on nutrition programs, which could be subject to cuts in budget reconciliation.

Then, American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall joins the show from the organization’s convention in San Antonio, Texas, to discuss concerns he’s hearing from farmers.

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