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California Holding Workshops to Develop a Statewide Pesticide Application Notification System

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation will hold three public workshops on June 27, 28 and 29, 2022 to collect feedback to inform the next phase of design and development for the state’s pesticide application notification system.

Matthew Allen Jun 07 2022 in Pesticides

Phase One of USDA’s Emergency Relief Program Available for Those With Federal Crop Insurance

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by natural disaster events in 2020 and 2021 will soon begin receiving emergency relief payments totaling through the Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) new Emergency Relief Program (ERP) to offset crop yield and value losses. The total pool of funds available for all of agriculture is roughly $10 billion.

Dennis Nuxoll Jun 07 2022 in Agriculture

2023-'24 WG Board of Directors Nomination Ballots Go Out This Week

Nomination ballots to elect Western Growers’ Board of Directors to a two-year term (2023 and 2024) are scheduled to be emailed to all Regular Members the week of June 6, 2022. Our secure online voting platform focuses on privacy, security and verifiability—all of which are paramount to hosting an honest election.

Kim Sherman Jun 07 2022 in Agriculture

DOL Updates FMLA Mental Health Fact Sheet

According to the U.S Department of Labor (DOL), nearly one in five U.S adults (approximately 52.9 million people) live with mental illness with only about half that number receiving the help they need. To assist in furthering its goal of assuring that leave under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is not viewed as just another stumbling block to mental health assistance, the DOL has just published an updated Family and Medical Leave Act Guide on Mental Health.

Teresa McQueen Jun 02 2022 in Legal

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