Winegrapes added to CFAP 2.0 aid package
By Craig W. Anderson The original round of the federal Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) aid was good news for growers and ranchers whose crops had been adversely affected by the […]
COVID-19 housing program would help county’s ag workers
By Craig W. Anderson San Joaquin County and the San Joaquin Agricultural Commissioner’s Office are actively working on initiating a plan – Housing to Harvest Disaster Relief program – […]
CFAP commodities eligible for financial relief increased again
By Craig W. Anderson The Coronavirus Food Assistance Program has expanded its list of eligible commodities again, providing more growers who’ve been adversely affected by the COVID pandemic to receive […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
