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The Water Grab

Last month farmers, families, and politicians on both sides of the aisle marched on Sacramento to rally against the California Water Resource board and its policies lately that have been negatively affecting the central valley among others.

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Charles
Farming & Ag News

Needing A New NAFTA

In this piece I discuss trade wars as they relate to our NAFTA allies, and eventually discuss the real trade enemy – China. Perhaps we are not focusing in the right direction with some of these trade actions. 

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Charles
Cattle & Dairy

COOL or Uncool? Looking into specialized food labeling.

COOL stands for Country of Origin Labeling. This is a law in place that requires retailers, such as grocery stores and supermarkets, to label certain foods with what country they originate from. Let’s explore some of the pros and cons of this labeling, and how it affected certain industries. The US and Canadian trade relationship had at one time been particularly disrupted.

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Charles
Eat, Pray, Ag-vocate

Founding Farmers

  It seems often too easy to push aside the importance of Agriculture. There seems to be the belief that Ag is a non-essential part

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Charles
Cattle & Dairy

It’s Time to Reinstate COOL

It’s time to reinstate COOL By; Victor Martino Contributing Editor R-CALF USA, the largest producer-only cattle trade association in the U.S., is calling on President

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Victor Martino
Ag Technology

California’s High Speed Rail Speeds Into More Problems

In the light of the recent California Governor Primary, I wanted to shed some more light on what is now considered a deeply flawed and tumultuous legacy project from Jerry Brown. I am talking about High Speed rail. Perhaps one of the largest public project debacles in the last 100 years of US history. Take a look at some of the highlights in the article and voice your own opinion though. Is high speed rail really what Jerry Brown and his cronies make it out to be, or is it just another disaster that California must deal with?

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Charles
Government Spotlight

A Letter to the Mayor of Tulare California

In a recent write in to our publication, a concerned farmer and family man asks the mayor of Tulare, CA to open up a dialog with him and other Ag leaders. This comes in light of recent remarks the mayor made that appear to be out of touch with his on Agricultural base. Please write in with your thoughts, and join the conversation.

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Eric Bream
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