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‘See It? Stop It!’ initiative to be a component of National Dairy FARM Program.

Dairies struggle with U.S. immigration laws that were designed for seasonal farm laborers instead of the year-round, seven-days-a-week ones they need.

PeopleFirst™ trains mid-level managers, who affect the highest number of employees. On a dairy, that can be 15 to 20 people.

Despite years of debate in Congress and the country, the Senate immigration bill is really just the beginning salvo.

The state’s $43.5 billion-a-year farm industry depends on a shadow workforce of undocumented Mexican immigrants that’s eroding under economic improvements back home and tighter U.S. border controls.

Applications for Farm Labor Housing assistance are due Sept. 13, 2013.

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

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

The pervasive “Employee of the Month” incentive is a poor strategy for motivating employee productivity.

NMPF CEO Jerry Kozak says agreement is positive step forward in securing agricultural work force.