SJFB members get insurance benefits
By Vicky Boyd For the past several months, San Joaquin Farm Bureau leaders had been discussing possibly offering a suite of health and life insurance products as membership benefits. […]
Spraying rules around schools remain the same despite closures
By Vicky Boyd State regulations adopted in 2018 prohibit application of certain pesticides within 1/4 mile of a school or daycare between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. weekdays or […]
Newsom expands workers’ comp to Coronavirus cases
By Craig W. Anderson Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order allowing employees to apply for workers’ compensation if they contract the coronavirus with a presumption that it was […]
Growers dodge bullet with recent rains in May
By Vicky Boyd For much of the week before the May 17-19 rain forecast, Linden cherry producer Ken Vogel anxiously watched weather reports and weather radar because he planned […]
Dairy food chain becomes nightmare in mere days
By Craig W. Anderson Lodi dairyman Hank Van Exel reminisced about the beginning of 2020: “It started out to be the best year ever with a 100 cwt of […]
COVID-19 presents challenges to growers
By Vicky Boyd David Strecker, who grows row crops in the Delta, made his first alfalfa cutting in mid-April and was letting it dry for a week before baling. […]
“We are not all in the same boat…”
By David Strecker, SJFB President I heard that we are all in the same boat, but it’s not like that. We are in the same storm, but not in the […]
Challenges for cherry growers as harvest nears
By Craig W. Anderson 2019 was not, by any measure, a good or even a decent year for the San Joaquin County cherry crop. Due to drought-busting rains, it […]
2020 AgFest becomes virtual show and auction
By Craig W. Anderson The 2020 AgFest seemed doomed by the COVID-19 chaos that ensured the demise of many events around the state. But organizers have found a way […]
Pandemic is trouble for livestock and milk producers
By Vicky Boyd Grocery shelves and refrigerated cases are filling once again as panic buying has subsided and consumers settle into COVID-19 shelter-in-place rules. But the supply chain disruption caused […]
