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Major water improvements for West in bipartisan infrastructure bill

In response to the Nov. 5 passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act by the U.S. House of Representatives, Western Growers President & CEO Dave Puglia issued the following statement: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="317"] Da... more

Mertz, Pennsylvania vegetable growers’ group life member, dies at 94

Boyd A. Mertz, a life member of the Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association, and its former president and secretary-treasurer, died Oct. 29 at the age of 94. Mertz, a greenhouse tomato grower from Northumberland, Pennsylvania, served as a direc... more

Idaho Potato Commission appoints Duncanson as new commissioner

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="328"] Mark Duncanson[/caption] During the Idaho Potato Commission’s (IPC) November meeting, Mark Duncanson, the Director of Raw Material procurement at Basic American Foods, was sworn in to represent t... more

Annual Produce Labor Conference on Dec. 1 in Colorado

The Colorado Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association (CFVGA) will host its second Annual Produce Labor Conference on Dec. 1 at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds in east Aurora. This conference will be an opportunity for all components of Colorado ... more

New chair of National Conference for Food Protection is MDARD’s Vought

Rebecca Vought, food safety specialist for the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Food and Dairy Division’s Local Health Services and Emergency Response Unit, was recently elected chair of the Conference for Food Prote... more

Florida ag commissioner seeks federal action to curb unfair foreign trade

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried wrote on Nov. 4 to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, calling for federal action to address the continued unfair foreign trade practices being employed by Mexico and others that are causing severe harm to the... more

Annual Ag Labor Forum set by California farm labor group

The California Farm Labor Contractor Association (CFLCA) is hosting its 11th Annual Ag Labor Forum in a virtual format on Nov. 17-18. Farm labor contractors, supervisors, growers, agriculture human resources professionals, safety managers, and aff... more