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KCFB: President’s Message 

By Jenny Holtermann, President, Kern County Farm Bureau  What is the cost of advocacy? How much are you willing to pay to protect your farm?...
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California DPR to Host Public Hearing in Kern on New Pesticide Notification System

By Natalie Willis, Reporter, Valley Ag Voice On July 23 the California Department of Pesticide Regulation will hold a public hearing in Kern County on...

Secretary Vilsack Announces USDA and FFAR Innovation Challenge to Catalyze Agricultural Solutions

Press release provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) today...

Record Heat Tests Worker Safety Measures

By Caleb Hampton, Assistant Editor, Ag Alert Reprinted with permission from the California Farm Bureau Federation A sprawling heat dome put more than 30 million...

KCFB: Executive Director’s Report  

By Rachel Nettleton, Executive Director, Kern County Farm Bureau  Last month, I had the incredible opportunity to join my classmates of the 2024 Leadership Farm...

Controversy trails labor union wins under card check 

By Caleb Hampton, Assistant Editor, Ag Alert  Reprinted with permission from the California Farm Bureau Federation  California’s new farm labor organizing law has in recent months...

Cabbage Growers Wage War on Diamondback Moth   

By Rob McCarthy, Reporter, Ventura County  Reprinted with permission from the California Farm Bureau Federation Despite having wings, a diamondback moth isn’t much of a flier....

Steelhead Protections Could Bring New Water Restrictions 

By Christine Souza, Assistant Editor, Ag Alert  Reprinted with permission from the California Farm Bureau Federation A state determination that Southern California steelhead trout merit additional...

Tech Lags Behind as Clean Trucking Mandates Begin 

By Caleb Hampton, Assistant Editor, Ag Alert  Reprinted with permission from the California Farm Bureau Federation  California fleet owners are scrambling to comply with new rules...

Revised State Budget Cuts $500 Million for Water Storage, Sites Reservoir Slowly Inching Forward

By Natalie Willis, Reporter, Valley Ag Voice Governor Gavin Newsom’s May Revision of the state budget plan released on May 10, aims to address a...

Legislators Advance Agricultural Bills

By Natalie Willis, Reporter, Valley Ag Voice Legislators in California introduced 2,124 bills in Feb. — 1,505 in the Assembly and 619 in the Senate...

Study finds benefit in clustering organics 

By Caleb Hampton, Assistant Editor, Ag Alert    Reprinted with permission from the California Farm Bureau Federation  A new study by researchers from the U.S. and Canada...
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Executive Director’s Report  

By Rachel Nettleton, Executive Director, Kern County Farm Bureau  I am thrilled to announce that I have been chosen to participate in this year’s Leadership...

Pistachio sector seeks markets to absorb bigger future crops 

By Bob Johnson, Reporter, Monterey County  Reprinted with permission from the California Farm Bureau Federation  California pistachio growers are searching the globe for potential emerging markets...

Federal climate regulation softens risk disclosure rules 

By Christine Souza, Assistant Editor, Ag Alert  Reprinted with permission from the California Farm Bureau Federation  California is the first state in the U.S. to pass...

Farms cut tomato acres, await price as planting starts 

By Caleb Hampton, Assistant Editor, Ag Alert  Reprinted with permission by the California Farm Bureau Federation  California farmers are scaling down their processing tomato acreage this...

Research farm seeks help as income falls 

By Ching Lee, Assistant Editor, Ag Alert  Reprinted with permission by the California Farm Bureau Federation  Use of micro-irrigation may be commonplace in California orchard systems...

Farmers Regroup After Storms Batter State 

By Christine Souza, Assistant Editor, Ag Alert  Reprinted with permission from the California Farm Bureau Federation  With a respite from stormy weather, farmers say they are...

COMMENTARY: Mentoring Program to Assist New Farmers, Ranchers 

By Amrith Gunasekara, Director of Science and Research, California Bountiful Foundation  Reprinted with permission from the California Farm Bureau Federation  On Feb. 21, online enrollment will...

Leadership Farm Bureau Class Announced for 2024 

Press release provided by the California Farm Bureau Federation  Nine agricultural professionals have been chosen for the California Farm Bureau’s 2024 Leadership Farm Bureau program.  Leadership...

As Organic Sector Thrives, Research Seeks to Catch Up 

By Bob Johnson, Reporter, Monterey County   Reprinted with permission from the California Farm Bureau Federation  California leads the nation in organic agricultural production, accounting for more...

National Fallout of California’s Ag Regulations 

By Natalie Willis, Reporter, Valley Ag Voice  As the global agricultural leader with over 400 commodities, California has a major influence over the nation as...
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KCFB: President’s Message

By Jenny Holtermann, President, Kern County Farm Bureau As the new year begins, we look at the new regulations and laws that are facing us....

KCFB: Young Farmers and Ranchers

By Christine Johnson, Chair, Young Farmers & Ranchers  Whether you realize it or not, you are impacting the next generation. For better or worse, your...

Healthy reservoir levels offset scant snowpack depths 

By Christine Souza, Assistant Editor, Ag Alert  Reprinted with permission from the California Farm Bureau Federation  Unlike early 2023, when nonstop atmospheric river storms built a...

Demand grows for organic produce, despite inflation 

By Bob Johnson, Reporter, Monterey County  Reprinted with permission from the California Farm Bureau Federation  The prospects for organic produce remain strong in these inflationary times,...