Today, USDA and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced the names of appointees to the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee and six agricultural technical advisory committees (ATACs) for trade. Western Growers Vice President of Federal Government Affairs Dennis Nuxoll has been appointed to the ATAC for Trade in Fruits and Vegetables. According to the ...
Western Growers President & CEO Tom Nassif continues to push immigration reform for agriculture forward. In April, Nassif detailed the critical labor shortages facing American agriculture and laid out the case for agricultural immigration reform before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. “We have come very close to passing immigration reform in agriculture…