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Agri View: The Fight with Field Runoff

Dan May 24, 2018 Agri View, Environment

Everett Griner talks about field runoff problems continuing in today’s Agri View. Everett tells us about the efforts of a group of farmers to try to better this situation. The Fight with Field Runoff You know it takes rain to grow a crop. When it rains it washes the fertilizer, weed killer, and insecticides off of the field into the …

FFVA Seeks Emerging Leaders
The Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association (FFVA) is seeking up-and-coming leaders who want to be more involved in FFVA to apply for participation in the FFVA Emerging Leader Development Program. Applications are due by June 13. Applicants should fill out the application form and the written agreement form and send them to Sonia.Tighe@ffva.com. Launched in […]
Farm Workforce Modernization Act Reintroduced
A bipartisan group of U.S. representatives recently reintroduced the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, H.R. 3227. The bill would update the H-2A agricultural guest worker program. It is a compromise solution that supporters said provides stability for farms and farmworkers. Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California, one of those who reintroduced the bill, said, “It is well-past […]

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