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First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Ongoing wave of metal theft prompts further legislation

Fresno County Sheriff’s Department Ag Crimes Task Force Detective Kirby Alstrom looks over a bin of copper wire sold to recycler Bruno’s Iron and Metal in Fresno. Copper wire is a target of thieves who strip it from agricultural irrigation pumps and street ... [Published California Farm Bureau - May 22 2013]

Entities: Recycling, Task Force, Cecilia Parsons

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Detectives talk about preventing large crop thefts

Butte County Sheriff’s Detective Matt Calkins, right, talks with farmer Ryan Schohr of Gridley following a meeting in Chico aimed at reducing large-scale thefts of nuts and other agricultural cargo.Photo/Christine SouzaDetectives call it a "fictitious ... [Published California Farm Bureau - May 22 2013]

Entities: Christine Souza, Investigation, Fraud, Security

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Hearing on milk prices highlights lack of agreement

Dairy farmer organizations and processors have not yet reached an agreement on how to update the state's milk pricing formula and, more specifically, on how to establish a whey value that would be satisfactory to both sides.During a hearing held by the ... [Published California Farm Bureau - May 22 2013]

Entities: Rising Prices, Task Force, Agriculture, Michael Marsh, Deponent

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Commentary: Farmers, food processors support reform of Prop. 65

Californians see Proposition 65 warning signs on various items and at numerous locations, and now plaintiffs' attorneys want to extend such warnings to food.Emily RooneyCalifornia farmers, ranchers and food processors spend millions of dollars on nutrition ... [Published California Farm Bureau - May 22 2013]

Entities: Chemical, Emily Rooney, Reformism

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Planting conditions improve for rice crops

Rice farmer Charley Mathews Jr. stands next to a field in Yuba County that has been dry-seeded, as an agricultural airplane working another nearby field flies overhead. Favorable weather has kept the Sacramento Valley rice planting season on time this ... [Published California Farm Bureau - May 15 2013]

Entities: Keith Davis, Herbicide, Corn, Wild Rice, Canada Goose

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

Farmers, ranchers outline problems with coastal rules

Concerns about inconsistent and arbitrary regulation arose as farmers and ranchers spoke before the California Coastal Commission during a workshop in San Rafael last week. About 75 farmers and ranchers from coastal counties outlined regulatory problems ... [Published California Farm Bureau - May 15 2013]

Entities: Agriculture, Coastal Zone, Kate Campbell, Crop Rotation, Habitat

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Assembly panel considers bill on milk pricing

A bill that would have established a formula for determining the whey value in the California milk pricing system to bring prices closer to those paid under the federal milk marketing order has been amended, to allow California dairy farmers and processors ... [Published California Farm Bureau - May 07 2013]

Entities: Agriculture, Michael Marsh, Mariko Yamada, Deponent, Corn

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Water worries intensify as dry year turns drier

It's going to be a long, hot summer—that's a given in California's interior valleys. What isn't known, farmers say, is how well billions of dollars' worth of food crops will weather the heat amid severe irrigation water cutbacks.The season's final survey ... [Published California Farm Bureau - May 07 2013]

Entities: Irrigation, State Water, San Joaquin River

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Farmers anticipate near-record almond crop

Stanislaus County almond grower Darrell Cordova, right, and his son Trevor check the nut set on trees in their almond orchard in Denair.Photo/Matt SalvoAlmond farmer Darrell Cordova and his son Trevor pose near a row of self-fertile Independence almond ... [Published California Farm Bureau - May 07 2013]

Entities: US Department of Agriculture, Honeybee, Salvo

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Commentary: Hot weather returns; be ready to work safely

Every spring, farmers and ranchers in much of California get an early wake-up call from the weather forecast about the need to stay up to date on heat safety. There seems to be a springtime heat wave each year that reminds us to renew our ongoing efforts ... [Published California Farm Bureau - May 07 2013]

Entities: Labor, Bryan Little, heat wave, Agriculture

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

President's message: A letter from FARM PAC, again?

As a Farm Bureau member, you have likely received another request for contributions to FARM PAC®, the California Farm Bureau Fund to Protect the Family Farm. It either hit your mailbox this past week or will soon. I know some Farm Bureau members already ... [Published California Farm Bureau - May 01 2013]

Entities: Agriculture, Family Farm Limited, Organism, Resilience

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Board hears concerns about water proposal

Proposed water quality regulations raise concerns for southern San Joaquin Valley farmers and communities that depend on both surface and groundwater supplies. A Fresno workshop to explain the new rules for wastewater discharge from irrigated lands drew ... [Published California Farm Bureau - May 01 2013]

Entities: Agriculture, Discharge, San Joaquin Valley, Water Quality

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Almond farmer Gray said that when he attended Farm Bureau meetings in Stanislaus and Merced counties, "farmers always ranked metal theft as a top issue. We need to ensure law enforcement has the resources to combat metal theft."

Ongoing wave of metal theft prompts further legislation [Published California Farm Bureau - May 22 2013]

"After the incidents, we upgraded our security and surveillance system with a better-quality picture. We were already getting truck and trailer licenses, but after the incident we started to get copies of driver's licenses" Andrade said

Detectives talk about preventing large crop thefts [Published California Farm Bureau - May 22 2013]

...to believe that alignment with the federal order is the only way to end the inequity in our state pricing system," McBride said in her testimony. "As a compromise for this hearing, we are instead focused in changes to the 4b price only, where the greatest gap between the federal order class prices and the California class prices continues to exist."

Hearing on milk prices highlights lack of agreement [Published California Farm Bureau - May 22 2013]

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Ongoing wave of metal theft prompts further leg... [Published California Farm Bureau - May 22 2013]
Detectives talk about preventing large crop thefts [Published California Farm Bureau - May 22 2013]
Hearing on milk prices highlights lack of agree... [Published California Farm Bureau - May 22 2013]
Commentary: Farmers, food processors support re... [Published California Farm Bureau - May 22 2013]
Farmers, ranchers outline problems with coastal... [Published California Farm Bureau - May 15 2013]
Commentary: Next few weeks will be key for immi... [Published California Farm Bureau - May 15 2013]
Planting conditions improve for rice crops [Published California Farm Bureau - May 15 2013]
Water worries intensify as dry year turns drier [Published California Farm Bureau - May 07 2013]
Farmers anticipate near-record almond crop [Published California Farm Bureau - May 07 2013]
Assembly panel considers bill on milk pricing [Published California Farm Bureau - May 07 2013]
Commentary: Hot weather returns; be ready to wo... [Published California Farm Bureau - May 07 2013]
Early regions expect improved cherry crops [Published California Farm Bureau - May 01 2013]
CFBF, Caltrans reach agreement on Willits Bypass [Published California Farm Bureau - May 01 2013]
Board hears concerns about water proposal [Published California Farm Bureau - May 01 2013]
President's message: A letter from FARM PAC, ag... [Published California Farm Bureau - May 01 2013]
Immigration bill debate begins in U.S. Senate [Published California Farm Bureau - Apr 23 2013]
Farmers work to protect grapes, river levels [Published California Farm Bureau - Apr 23 2013]
Rail settlement includes farmland mitigation plan [Published California Farm Bureau - Apr 23 2013]
Commentary: Old concept of water storage takes ... [Published California Farm Bureau - Apr 23 2013]
Salinas Valley farmers tackle seawater intrusion [Published California Farm Bureau - Apr 17 2013]
Immigration: Senate readies provisions for farm... [Published California Farm Bureau - Apr 17 2013]
Farmers ask FDA about aspects of food-safety rules [Published California Farm Bureau - Apr 17 2013]
Commentary: Take time for agricultural safety a... [Published California Farm Bureau - Apr 17 2013]