USMCA trade pact good for agriculture
By Craig W. Anderson The new United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) went into effect on July 1 and San Joaquin County farmers and ranchers should benefit from better […]
CFAP adds commodities to help more farmers during pandemic
By Craig W. Anderson The $18 billion Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) is helping farmers and ranchers with funding for ag products that suffered setbacks due to the pandemic. […]
COVID-19 puts damper on 2020 YF&R activities
By Vicky Boyd When Donald Drake moved up to chairman of the San Joaquin Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers from treasurer early this year, he had a number […]
FFA programs survive despite disruption
By Craig W. Anderson San Joaquin County’s high school FFA programs remain diversified and popular despite coming off a difficult end to the school year given the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite […]
SJFB awards scholarships to local youth
The San Joaquin Farm Bureau recently announced the 2020 scholarship winners. Following are those receiving scholarships… SJFB Federation Scholarship Mohrgan Fry is a graduating senior from Lodi High […]
State downsizes Sites Reservoir water-storage site
By Vicky Boyd Calling its move “right sizing,” the Sites Reservoir Authority recently decided to decrease the size of an off-stream water-storage project west of Maxwell after receiving input […]
COVID-19 has huge impact on dairy industry
What would have been good news in any other year for San Joaquin County dairy farmers in March became less of a blessing and more of a curse as the […]
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 […]