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Saturday, April 05, 2025
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa., said he believes if a farm bill is passed before the end of the calendar year it will avoid any “major disruption.”
Specialty crop growers anticipate labor costs, which already represent more than 50% of their production costs, to grow 10-30% over the next three to five years. They’re increasingly turning to automation as a solution, according to a new specialty crop automation report released by the Western Growers.
Fresno County is the top agricultural producer in the country for the third year in a row. The county's 2020 Crop and Livestock Report showed total agricultural production value in the county increased nearly 3% to $7.98 billion.
The Agriculture Department announced two new grant programs earlier today for certain commodities largely left out of the agency’s previous COVID-19 financial assistance programs.
USDA announced the availability of more than $330 million to help agricultural producers and others in the food supply chain recover from the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
