Last month farmers, families, and politicians on both sides of the aisle marched on Sacramento to rally against the California Water Resource board and its policies lately that have been negatively affecting the central valley among others.
In this piece I discuss trade wars as they relate to our NAFTA allies, and eventually discuss the real trade enemy – China. Perhaps we are not focusing in the right direction with some of these trade actions.
Another month, another quarter, and another 300 dairy farmers call it quits. Its no question that the dairy industry has been hurting that last few years. This year’s trade policies and regulation overloads have done little to help the fledgling industry.
COOL stands for Country of Origin Labeling. This is a law in place that requires retailers, such as grocery stores and supermarkets, to label certain foods with what country they originate from. Let’s explore some of the pros and cons of this labeling, and how it affected certain industries. The US and Canadian trade relationship had at one time been particularly disrupted.
Share This: Promising new research could automate weed-killing on the farm By: Victor Martino Weeds are a pesky problem for farmers. But researchers and private companies – including numerous innovative start-ups – in the field of precision agriculture (agtech for
Share This: Farm to Fork Column By: Victor Martino The Summer of Justifiable Discontent for California Farmers It’s been a tough summer for California farmers. Along with the normal day-to-day challenges farming presents, the summer of 2018 has been packed
