April’s statewide snowpack and reservoir numbers, educating students and instructors about agriculture, creating nitrogen management plans, and making sense of food labels.

Federal water rules may be easing. Farm groups respond to Make America Healthy Again. Farm Bureau president sounds the alarm at the loss of farms in California.  Capitol Ag Day brings a huge turnout to learn about farming and food.  Nebraska’s farmer governor has advice for other states to protect agriculture. 

Streamlining U.S. pork and poultry processing

Wolf activity causes an emergency declaration

A bill to put more money into the hands of farm employees

Stabilizing the California Fair Plan

Working to extend tax cuts.

Business groups challenge the Climate Disclosure Rule.

Federal money for more fire prevention work, pleases a northern California lawmaker 

We’ll visit an Ag Day event that introduces thousands of students to farming and ranching.

Reactions to certain federal water allocations. 

We’ll check the egg market for the Easter holiday.

In this episode, a California Congressman reacts to the Trump Administration’s call for increased timber production and fuels reduction orders. We'll discuss efforts to speed up emergency payments for farmers, explore how Fresno State is helping people enter the agriculture field, and examine why some dairies are crossbreeding with beef animals.

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins takes on bird flu.  Researchers look to deter mountain lions from attacking livestock. 

Decreased consumption hurts California winegrape growers

USDA stops taxpayer money for food assistance to illegal aliens.

Mexico opens its market for more U.S. corn.

A bill to provide overtime tax credits to farm employers to get more money to their employees.

A beekeeper talks need for more land for bees to forage and bee thefts, State to review autonomous tractor ban, U.S. Farm Exports, and food prices.

There’s a massive bee shortage for almond pollination.  Regulations are costly for lettuce producers.  New USDA Secretary concerned about the farm economy, and new   proposed dairy waste discharge rules.

Farm Bureau is working to develop relationships with dozens of new federal lawmakers to advocate for their members.

Farm employers must now create workplace violence prevention plans, we’ll have a report.  

Also, we’ll speak with the State FFA officers and an advisor about California’s FFA program—developing young leaders. National FFA week is February 15-22. 

Concerns about the health of honeybees going into the pollination season.

Some questions and responses from Brooke Rollins’ confirmation hearings for USDA Secretary.

A handy app to help farm employers track employee hours—save time and money.

Learn more here: https://www.fieldclock.com/farm-bureau.  

Monarch butterfly’s proposed listing and which California counties it affects,

Plus, a reminder to farmers--fill out an important survey for their mobile ag equipment. Find out why it’s important to complete this survey.