Episode 97: 2/26/26 - Rice, Farm Labor, U.S. Duty Drawback for Winegrapes, Tracking Foreign Ownership of U.S. Farmland

Farm Advisors talk about last year’s rice crop and challenges ahead California Farm Bureau works to close a loophole on something called “U.S. Duty Drawback” to help U.S. winegrape growers.   A labor expert discusses California’s minimum wage escalator. There’s optimism about the State’s upcoming snowpack survey USDA has a new method to better track foreign ownership of U.S. farmland.