By Craig W. Anderson Beef cattle and dairy cows have been condemned by radical environmentalists and other “woke” so-called experts because beef cattle and dairy cows are considered major drivers
By Vicky Boyd The California Air Resources Board continues to offer financial incentives to producers to encourage them to replace older harvesting equipment, pumps and tractors to reduce greenhouse gas
By Vicky Boyd Congestion at West Coast ports, hit-and-miss ship arrivals and a lack of shipping containers have conspired to create logistical nightmares for San Joaquin County grower-packer-shippers trying to
By Vicky Boyd The California Water Resources Control Board in a March 22 letter warned roughly 40,000 water rights holders of potential water shortages this summer due to continued dry
By Craig W. Anderson Farm advocates see Proposition 19 as bad news for agriculture. The full name of the proposition is “The Home Protection for Seniors, Severely Disabled, Families and
Rule currently permits union access to workers on private property By Craig W. Anderson Agriculture in San Joaquin County and the state operates under the nations’ strictest state labor regulations.
By Vicky Boyd Recent storms may have added a bit to the Sierra snowpack, but they did little to make a dent in the prolonged drought. At the same time,
By Vicky Boyd The number of COVID vaccination clinics held for food and agricultural workers in San Joaquin County continued to increase in March, thanks in part to a significant
