labor

Costs to produce processing tomatoes increased substantially in the past six years, according to a study by the University of California and UC Cooperative Extension farm advisors.

The USDA has released the 2022 U.S. Total Farm Production Expenditures summary that are estimated at $452.7 billion, up from $392.9 billion in 2021, up 15.2%.

The USDA has issued the latest Monthly World Ag Supply and Demand report. This month’s corn outlook is for fractionally higher supplies and ending stocks.

The USDA says America’s agricultural exports in fiscal year 2023 are forecast at $181 billion, down $3.5 billion from the February forecast.

The march starts at 5:00 pm Monday at the Henry Beauchamp Community Center, at 1211 S. Seventh Street.

**The American Fruit Growers held its annual State of the Industry survey, with labor a big topic. One-third of the respondents say labor is not an issue for them, at least not yet. Growing Produce says that group typically has a stable team of employees, and in 20% of those cases, it includes family members...

A new survey of 1,200 organic farmers and ranchers across the U.S. cites concerns over accessing labor and controlling weeds as key issues.

**A diverse group of more than 40 American food and ag leaders sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on tariffs. The groups are asking for the suspension, reduction, or elimination of tariffs to ease the burden of retaliatory tariffs on rural America...

Aimpoint Research CEO Brett Sciotto says current trends point to 100,000 “production” farmers, a quarter or less of the current number of mid-and-large-size farms.

BOSTON (AP) — President Barack Obama used Labor Day as a chance to criticize Republicans, who he says stand in the way of helping workers and have been wrecking the economy for "a long, long time." Obama addressed a major union rally in Boston to mark Labor Day...