Vineyard workers feel wine industry pain
Contract laborers remove debris from old-vine zinfandel grapes this month in Lodi. Because of a downturn in the wine industry, California grape growers have removed vineyards, cut back on hand labor and left fruit unharvested, resulting in a substantial loss of employment for vineyard workers. Photo/Caleb Hampton
Everyone wins when farms invest in their employees
An employee of Knights Landing-based River Garden Farms, left, engages with English instructor Cece Drissia during an AgHiRE workshop at the Center for Land-Based Learning in Woodland. Photo/Joan Cusick
Wage-and-hour questions from the field
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Training aims at preventing heat illness in farmworkers
Sergio Parra, labor management consultant for Farm Employers Labor Service, or FELS, distributes heat illness prevention kits to Central Valley farmworkers. Photo/Anna Genasci
Trabajadores de viñedos resienten el impacto de la industria del vino
Este mes, trabajadores temporales retiran los restos de uvas Zinfandel de viñas viejas en Lodi. Debido a la crisis en la industria del vino, los productores de uva de California han eliminado viñedos, recortado la mano de obra y dejada fruta sin cosechar, lo que ha resultado en una gran pérdida sustancial de empleo para los trabajadores de los viñedos. Foto/Caleb Hampton
Workforce training program seeks input from employers
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Advocacy in Action: New dairy order, grizzly bear reintroduction, H-2A reform and a Supreme Court victory
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Labor expenses push farmers to automate
Jasvinder Pabla, maintenance manager at Sierra Gold Nurseries in Yuba City, inspects almond rootstock as it comes out of a robotic transplanter this month. The Sutter County nursery, a major supplier of fruit and nut trees, purchased the robotic transplanter last year in response to rising labor costs. Photo/Caleb Hampton
Policymakers, ag leaders gather to discuss key issues
A moderator, left, discusses farming and affordability with farmers Josh Pippitt, from right, Tara Beaver Coronado and Matthew Vosseler at the 2026 Agri-Pulse Food & Ag Issues Summit on June 2, 2026. Photo/Courtesy of Agri-Pulse
Advocacy in Action: New World screwworm, USDA support, fungicide strategy, Colorado River and employment technology
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