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Nov. 9 Webstream and conference call event helps explain the program’s “Know Your Rights: Employee Rights and Responsibilities.”

The more agriculture does to practice good judgment and safety with children working on farms, the less likely stringent rules will be imposed.

Nearly two-thirds of respondents to California Farm Bureau Federation survey experienced labor challenges in 2012.

Aquila Farms ordered to pay nearly $3 million in penalties.

The goal is to have at least 20 producers per state participate to get a more accurate picture of dairy labor rates.

“The withdrawal of the proposal is a victory for common sense,” says Jerry Kozak, President and CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation.

One culture values time and sacrifices relationships. The other fosters relationships over time and productivity.

Muchos productores de leche emplean trabajadores de habla hispana.

Dairy interests say decision could spawn ‘copycat’ legislation in other states and significantly affect employers who employ undocumented workers.

It’s about what the dairy needs, not what family members or employers want their responsibilities to be, Ohio professor says at Expo seminar.