USDA Grants $50M to Help Farms Hire Migrant Workers Under H-2A Program
The awards will help improve the resiliency of the U.S. food supply chain by addressing agriculture labor challenges and instability...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Jun 171 min read
The World's Most Expensive Tractor
The title of the world's most expensive tractor goes a 109-year-old CASE IH 30-60 dating back to 1913, which sold for an astounding...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Jun 172 min read
Crop Insurance Coverage Exceeds 500 Million Acres for First Time - Up 85% From 2016
Overall enrollment in crop insurance was up 85% in the seven years from 2016. In total, there are roughly 880 million acres of farmland in..
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by Sara VanderPoel
Jun 172 min read
China Bans US Meat Exports from Major West Coast Logistics Facility, Disrupting Shipping
China has banned meat exports from a West Coast cold storage facility near the Port of Oakland after traces of the feed additive ractopamine
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by Sara VanderPoel
Jun 171 min read
Ribbon-cutting Ceremony for Newly Rebuilt Portion of Friant-Kern Canal is on Friday, June 21
The ceremony is to celebrate the completion of Phase 1 of the construction project known as the Middle Reach Capacity Correction Project....
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Allison Hall
Jun 121 min read
Commodity Prices Report 6/10 - 6/14
Your California Commodity and Market Price Update for the Week!
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by Sara VanderPoel
Jun 121 min read
June 2024 Average Retail Fertilizer Prices Move Lower
Prices for seven of the eight major fertilizers were down from last month. DAP had an average price of $781 per ton, MAP $827/ton, potash...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Jun 101 min read
International Freight Prices Are On the Rise Again - Up 12% Last Week Overall
The latest Drewry WCI composite index of $4,716 per 40ft container is 232% more than average 2019 (pre-pandemic) rates of $1,420...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Jun 102 min read
Wonderful Co Sues to Stop California Card-check Law That Makes it Easier to Unionize Farmworkers
The Wonderful Co., which markets Wonderful Pistachios, POM Wonderful juices, and Fiji Water products, filed the lawsuit May 13 in Kern Cou..
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