Labor
Producers Pay More as Growing Gets More Expensive
Despite the skyrocketing cost of inputs and a national economy that seems to get gloomier and gloomier with each passing day, Tim Boals has never seen more opportunity in agriculture. Sure, the emerging credit crisis... more »
North Olympic Peninsula Farmers Lament Lack of Migrant Workers
Washington state's fields and forests are missing a key element during this fall's harvest, say two well-seasoned statesmen of agriculture. Peninsula Daily News more »
Shifting Acreage, Consumer Demand Shape Seed Industry
Consumer-oriented traits like taste, size, shape, texture and color have been reshaping the vegetable seed industry for years, but recent shifts in acreage toward local markets or commodity crops have been at least as influential,... more »
IR-4 Continues to Generate Herbicide Registration Data
Registering an herbicide for use on a specialty crop is a long, involved process. A federally funded program, the Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4), has been shepherding that process since 1963. IR-4's mission is... more »
Expanded Border Patrol Irks Farmers
Expanded U.S. Border Patrol operations in Washington state have created friction between the agency and a farmers' organization, underlining the debate over immigration and the labor needs of the state's multibillion-dollar agricultural industry. Seattle Post-Intelligencer more »
Needy Enjoy the Fruits of Farm Group’s Labor
Gleaning" goes back at least as far as the Bible, in which growers are admonished to set aside a portion of their harvest for the poor. CourierPostOnline.com more »
Washington State Says it Will Check Farm Worker Documents
Washington state officials say they have agreed to screen potential farm hands for immigration violations before referring them to jobs, after the federal government threatened to cut millions of dollars from a program that matches... more »
Specialty Crops get Short Shrift in Weed Control
If herbicides were a meal, the major commodity crops – corn, soybeans, rice, wheat, cotton – would be enjoying a gourmet feast, while fruits, vegetables, nuts and ornamentals would be lucky to get the scraps... more »
Farm Labor Firm Cleared to Work After Heat Violation
A Galt farm labor contractor that was shut down this summer and fined $77,000 for failure to follow heat-illness prevention laws is free to operate again, a Cal-OSHA spokeswoman said Wednesday. sacbee.com more »
Migrant Labor Crucial to Local Agriculture
Southwestern Michigan farms will be more empty soon. Migrant workers, the backbone of the agricultural sector here, where fruits and vegetables must be hand-picked, will be heading south. Kalamazoo Gazette more »
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