Posts By: Jonathan Sarager

Western Growers Asks Congressional Leadership to Refrain From Raising Taxes on Small Businesses

In a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Western Growers and other leading business organizations requested that the Net Investment Income Tax – which primarily impacts small and family-run businesses – not be expanded. “In the face ...

Federal Advocacy: Pesticide Utilization—Feeling the Squeeze

By Jonathan Sarager, Federal Government Affairs Director Specialty crop growers face many pressures, not the least of which is the constant struggle to keep pests at bay. Whether producers utilize conventional or organic farming methods, they continue to require an effective set of tools including pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides to assist in the safe and ...