Daybreak: Newsom extends farmworker housing provision

12/15/20 10:14 AM By Brad Hooker

Borgeas to chair Senate Ag * NC regulator emerges as EPA candidate * Leaders look to wrap up stimulus * Farm groups give Biden trade advice

Four questions for the next Assembly ag chair

10/21/20 7:41 AM By Brad Hooker

In the midst of a three-week ag tour, Asm. Robert Rivas spoke about new insights, his labor and housing bills and a childhood in farmworker housing.

Daybreak: CA Grown kicks off 'Happy Hour at Home' campaign

09/18/20 1:31 PM By Brad Hooker

Newsom signs three labor bills * CDFA expands virus housing * USDA issuing rules for CFAP-2 * Will CR top-up CCC?

Rivas named chair of Assembly Ag Committee

09/14/20 11:05 AM By Brad Hooker

Since taking office, Rivas has pushed through labor-sponsored bills for farmworkers, with fierce opposition from industry.

State expands virus housing for farmworkers

09/05/20 3:46 PM By Brad Hooker

Santa Barbara County has joined the administration’s new Housing for the Harvest program.

Bill on H-2A worker rights raises new arguments over housing

07/31/20 1:39 PM By Brad Hooker

A bill aimed at informing H-2A guest workers of their housing and labor rights passed another committee this week.

Survey finds pandemic is ‘amplifying’ farmworker issues

07/29/20 10:51 AM By Brad Hooker

Farmworker organizations this week released the results of a new study aimed at understanding how the COVID-19 pandemic has been impacting farmworkers.

Daybreak: State aid for Central Valley

07/28/20 11:34 AM By Brad Hooker

$100B in state stimulus * GOP goes broad on coronavirus relief * CFAP Round One payments lag

Daybreak: Newsom boosts ag housing

07/27/20 4:38 PM By Brad Hooker

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

Senate passes bill on H-2A worker rights

06/23/20 7:57 AM By Brad Hooker

The Senate yesterday advanced a bill requiring ag employers to notify H-2A guestworkers of their rights when it comes to labor, housing, health and safety.

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Senator Charles Grassley, R-Iowa

This week’s Open Mic guest is U.S. Senator Charles Grassley. The Iowa ag leader is in the thick of issues from renewable fuel policy to global trade agreements. Grassley wants a government response to cattle price discovery and offers a willingness to compromise on policy options. The meatpacking industry will be the focus of a pair of hearings this week, one by the Senate Judiciary Committee, and another by a House Agriculture subcommittee. He also offers insights on confined animal feeding operations, interstate commerce, sustainable agriculture, EPA and USTR.

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Opinion: California: A misguided leader in economic protectionism

California recently added to its no-travel list. There are now 17 states California officials are forbidden to travel on state business because those states have laws that don’t pass muster in the eyes of California’s ever vigilant hall monitors. In two initiatives passed by California voters in 2008 and 2018, California has placed restrictions on out-of-state producers of agricultural products, barring the import of animal products produced in facilities that don’t meet California’s requirements on animal housing.

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Washington Week in Review: July 22, 2021: Sen. Kevin Cramer, R- N.D. on bipartisan infrastructure talks

This week Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., joins Philip Brasher to discuss the latest on bipartisan infrastructure talks and reconciliation. Cramer also shares concerns about ending stepped-up basis, a carbon border tax, and North Dakota farmers suffering from drought.

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