Fogbow is a private, for-profit company that uses ex-US Special Forces staff to distribute food aid in places such as South Sudan. Established aid groups warn that for-profit private firms risk ...

Wine. World wine consumption was 215 million hectoliters in 2024, including 33 million hectoliters consumed in the US and 23 million consumed in France. Rising consumption outside Europe cannot offset ...

California Agriculture and Farm Labor Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file April 29, 2025 California leads the US in farm sales, and has led since 1950 when Los Angeles was the leading ...

Farm Guest Worker Programs Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file April 29, 2025 Economic development often decreases the supply of seasonal farm workers faster than the demand for such ...

Net farm income is expected to increase in 2025 despite low corn and soybean prices due to more government payments. During Trump 1.0, government payments to farmers increased to compensate them for ...

Card check allows farm worker unions to be recognized as the representative of workers on a farm with worker signatures rather than a secret ballot election. since 2023, The UFW was certified to ...

Beef. Trump wants the EU to buy more American beef despite EU regulations that ban beef from cows that are given hormones to promote faster growth. The EU has about nine million farms for 450 million ...

California had farm sales of $59 billion in 2023, led by $8.1 billion worth of milk; $6.5 billion worth of grapes; $4.8 billion of cattle and calves; and $3.9 billion each of lettuce and almonds. The ...

US Immigration in 2025 Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file January 13, 2025 The US has 50 million or almost 20 percent of the world’s 280 million international migrants, far more than ...

World Population: 8.2 to 10.3 billion Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file October 8, 2024 The UN in July 2024 projected that the world’s population of 8.2 billion would peak at 10.3 ...

COA 2022: $52 billion for farm labor Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file October 8, 2024 The Census of Agriculture reported that 437,000 US farms had $42 billion in expenses for hired ...

In April 2025, ICE agents and state officials arrested 780 migrants in Florida, including 275 with final orders of deportation. Over two-thirds of final orders of deportation in 2024 were issued to ...