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May 10, 2013
Fresno County farmer challenges state's mandatory labor mediation [Fresno Bee] A Fresno County farming company is suing the state, saying it unfairly imposed a requirement to negotiate with a labor union on behalf of thousands of its workers...
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Ag Today Wednesday, May 8, 2013
May 10, 2013
Jerry Brown joins move to rewrite California's Prop...
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Ag Today Monday, May 6, 2013
May 10, 2013
Dry winter could lead to a cruel summer for Valley growers [Fresno Bee] A dry winter forced farmers in the Westlands Water District to run their wells far more last summer than they usually would...
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Ag Today Thursday, May 2, 2013
May 10, 2013
River flows not only way to aid salmon, state says [Modesto Bee] State water officials said Wednesday that their plan to aid salmon could involve more than simply boosting river flows at the expense of farmers...
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Ag Today Wednesday, May 1, 2013
May 10, 2013
San Joaquin Valley farmers lag as nitrogen program signup deadline looms [Merced Sun-Star] With a deadline less than two weeks away, officials say hundreds of regional farmers have not signed up for the state's mandatory "nitrogen budgeting" program aimed at improving groundwater quality...
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Ag Today Tuesday, April 30, 2013
May 10, 2013
Local supporters of dairy bill heading to Sacramento [Visalia Times-Delta] …While the Fletcher family was selling off their cows, members of the California Assembly’s Committee on Agriculture were preparing for a public hearing Wednesday at the state capital on new legislation that could increase the prices farmers get for their milk...
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Ag Today Monday, April 29, 2013
April 29, 2013
$35B overhaul of water system on tap [San Diego Union-Tribune] The combined price tag for a grand redesign of California’s plumbing network now surpasses a staggering $35 billion, although there are signals that the final bill will eventually shrink…...
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Ag Today Friday, April 26, 2013
April 29, 2013
Valley groundwater rule draws fire from both sides [Fresno Bee] A far-reaching plan by the state to protect a large part of the San Joaquin Valley's groundwater drew criticism from farmers who say it is too costly and from environmentalists who say it doesn't go far enough...
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Ag Today Thursday, April 25, 2013
April 29, 2013
Immigration bill uncertain in House [Wall Street Journal] The last time House Republicans passed a broad immigration overhaul, they called for expedited deportations and tougher criminal penalties, but did nothing to expand guest-worker programs or address the millions of immigrants in the country illegally...
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Ag Today Wednesday, April 24, 2013
April 24, 2013
Judge orders FDA to proceed on food-safety rules [Wall Street Journal] A federal judge ordered the Food and Drug Administration to move forward with enacting an overhaul of U...
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Ag Today Tuesday, April 23, 2013
April 24, 2013
Senate panel considers ag jobs provisions in immigration plan [Gannett News Service]
A proposal by Sen...
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Ag Today Friday, April 19, 2013
April 24, 2013
Farmers, state settle last lawsuit over Merced-Fresno high-speed rail line [Fresno Bee] Farming interests in Madera and Merced counties dropped their environmental lawsuit challenging the first section of the statewide high-speed rail project...
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Ag Today Thursday, April 18, 2013
April 24, 2013
California farmworkers may win fast track to legal residency [Sacramento Bee] As many as 400,000 California undocumented farmworkers may get a fast track to legal status under a potential landmark accord between the agricultural industry and the United Farm Workers union...
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Ag Today Tuesday, April 16, 2013
April 24, 2013
Immigration bill would be largest such effort ever attempted [Los Angeles Times] After months of negotiations, a bipartisan group of eight senators is poised to offer a sweeping bill to rewrite the nation's immigration laws this week, taking advantage of a changed political alignment that, for the first time in nearly a generation, appears to have opened the way for comprehensive legislation…...
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Ag Today Monday, April 15, 2013
April 24, 2013
Accord reached on farmworkers for immigration bill [Los Angeles Times] Agreement was reached late Friday between farm labor unions and growers on one of the last major components of a sweeping immigration bill being drafted in the Senate — a deal that would set the terms of wages, visas and working conditions for migrant agriculture workers...
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Ag Today Friday, April 12, 2013
April 24, 2013
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Ag Today Thursday, April 11, 2013
April 11, 2013
Broad outlines of Senate immigration agreement emerge [New York Times] A bipartisan group of senators has largely agreed on a broad immigration bill that would require tough border measures to be in place before illegal immigrants could take the first steps to become American citizens, according to several people familiar with drafts of the legislation...
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Ag Today Wednesday, April 10, 2013
April 11, 2013
Immigration talks bog down over numbers [Los Angeles Times] Senate negotiations to overhaul the nation's immigration laws have stumbled over the hiring of half a million migrant farmworkers each year — an issue that is crucial for California's vast agricultural industry, which employs more farm labor than any other state...
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Ag Today Monday, April 8, 2013
April 11, 2013
Raucous debate on immigration to get under way [Associated Press] Senators writing a comprehensive immigration bill hope to finish their work this week, opening what's sure to be a raucous public debate over measures to secure the border, allow tens of thousands of foreign workers into the country and grant eventual citizenship to the estimated 11 million people living here illegally...
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