All Episodes

Episode 123: 9/10/26 - Colorado River Plan, GWSS, Strawberries, Wage Rates, & Farm Producer Prices

Episode 122: 9/3/26 - Wolves, Farm Bill, Walnuts, Ag Innovation Challenge, Off-Road Diesel Regulations

Episode 121: 8/27/26 - Farm Bill Concerns, Alameda Local Meat, California Lettuce, and Food Labeling

Episode 120: 8/20/26 - Goat Grazing Rules Threaten the Industry, More from the Fields, and California Citrus Standards Change

Episode 119: 8/13/26 - Monterey County growing Concerns & Staying Compliant During the Heat

Episode 118: 7/30/26 - A Winery Experiments with Tea and From the Field and Pasture Updates

Episode 117: 7/23/26 - Pistachios, Golden Mussels, Almonds, and Food Cost Inflation

Episode 116: 7/16/2026 - Grizzly Bears, Wolf Funds, Pear Blight, & Good News for Pear Farmers

Episode 115: 7/9/2026 - Pear Crop Update, the Role of Crop Advisors, USDA Crackdown on SNAP

Episode 114: 7/2/2026 - Pest Threats, Williamson Act, Watermelons, Cookout Costs, and Ice Cream

Episode 113: 6/25/2026 - Livestock Protection from Wolves, Pest Threats Increase, Watermelon Crop, and Agriculture Over 250 Years

Episode 112: 6/18/26 - California Cotton, Glassy-Winged Sharpshooters, New World Screwworm, Leadership Farm Bureau, and New Trade Agreements

Episode 111: 6/11/2026 - Help for Cotton Farmers, American Meat Consumption, BLM Lands Rule, U.S. Farm Footprint and Legislative Update

Episode 110: 6/4/26 - Dairy Month & Cherry Crop Update

Episode 109: 5/28/26 - Regulatory Cost Study, Field Reports, and Checking Scales and Metering Devices

Episode 108: 5/21/26 - Farmers Go To the Capitol and Mental Health Awareness on the Farm

Episode 107: 5/14/26 - Wine Labeling, Elementary Agriculture Writing Contest Winners, Cling Peaches, and Asian Citrus Psyllid

Episode 86: 12/11/2025 - Cling Peach Concerns, Christmas Trees, & Poinsettias

Episode 106: 5/7/2026 - Legislative Updates on Nitrogen Discharge and Labor, Capitol Ag Day, Farm Exports Increase Initiative, and Fertilizer Availability

Episode 105: 4/30/26 - A Wine Expert’s Perspective, Rural Crime Continued, and Fertilizer Prices

Episode 104: 4/23/26 - Murphys Family-Owned Winery, Rural Crime-Protecting the Farm, Reintroduction of Grizzly Bears

Episode 103: 4/9/2026 - Rural Crime, Spring Farming Uncertainty, U.S. Farm Income Outlook

Episode 102: 4/2/2026 - Food Price Forecast, Economic Challenges for Small Farms, Sustainable Pesticide Management, Mental Health, & Cotton

Episode 101: 3/26/26 - Rural Crime, Ag Secretary Talks Farm Issues, Ag Minimum Wage Bill, Dietary Guidelines, Farm Nitrogen Applications

Episode 100: 3/19/2026 - Honeybee Theft, Farm Fertilizer Concerns, Trade Deal with India, & Livestock Pest Update

Episode 99: 3/12/2026 - Winegrape Vineyard Removals, Farm Bill 2.0, Honeybee Health and Almond Pollination, California Horticulture Production, and Farmers’ Right to Repair

Episode 98: 3/5/2026 - Farm Nitrogen Use, Important Labor Laws, Issues for Rice Farmers, and Specialty Crop Funds

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

Episode 96: 2/19/2026 - A Visit with the California State FFA Officer Team

Episode 95: 2/12/2026 - Lions, Farm Labor Laws, Farm Bill, Milk Production Outlook, Golden Mussel

Episode 94: 2/5/2026 - Mountain Lions, Predators & Livestock, Work to Help Specialty Crop Farmers, Beef Supply Outlook, Rice Update

Episode 93: 1/29/2026 - Pear imports, Prop 50, Farmers from the Field

Episode 92: 1/22/2026 - Wolves, Dietary Guidelines, and Water Supply

Episode 91: 1/15/2026 - Valentine’s Day Roses, the Effects of Regulatory Costs, Pears, and a Webinar on Organic Growing

Episode 90: 1/8/2026 - Ag Issues for 2026, New Year Laws, Meat Supplies, and Scholarships

Episode 89: 1/1/2026 - Farm Issues in 2025, Regenerative Agriculture, Campaign School, and More!

Episode 88: 12/25/2025 - Farm Bureau to Host Campaign School and What Christmas Looks Like on the Farm Across California

Episode 87: 12/18/2025 - Research into Non-Lethal Methods to Protect Livestock From Mountain Lions, Clean Water Regulatory Proposal, Persimmons, and Figs

Episode 86: 12/11/2025 - Cling Peach Concerns, Christmas Trees, & Poinsettias

Episode 85: 11/27/25 - The Cost of Thanksgiving Meals in California

Episode 84: 11/20/2025 - Farm Bureau Aims to Save Farmers Money Through Public Utilities, New World Screwworm, Walnuts, Milk, and Autonomous Tractors

Episode 83: 11/13/2025 - Specialty Crop Farming Outlook, Minimum Wage Increases, Wolf Compensation, and Better Tasting Brussel Sprouts

Episode 82: 11/6/2025 - California Apple Crop & News Briefs

Episode 81: 10/30/2025 - Turkey for Holidays, Pistachios, Agritourism, Labor, and Farm Economy

Episode 80: 10/23/2025 - All About Pumpkins: The Stories of Two Very Different Operations

Episode 79: 10/16/2025 - This Year’s Winegrape Harvest

Episode 78: 10/09/2025 - Celebrating Hispanic Heritage with Hispanic Farm Industry Leaders

Episode 77: 10/2/2025 - Hear about the Positive News in the Walnut Industry and Market

Episode 76: 9/25/2028 - Building a Better Almond Tree to Benefit Farmers and Consumers

Episode 75: 9/18/2025 - Why Farmers are Saying No to Prop 50

Episode 74: 9/11/2025 - Staying Safe on the Farm and Ranch

Episode 73: 9/4/2025 - Get to Know Gary Sack, the Voice of California Agriculture

Episode 72: 8/28/2025 - Livestock Losses to Lions in Lake County

Episode 71: 8/21/2025 - Wolves-Part 2—Looking for Solutions, Tomato Processing, and USDA Meat and Dairy Forecast

Episode 70: 8/14/2025 - Wolves, Abandoned Farmland pt 2, and Young Farmer Contests

Episode 69: 8/7/2025 - Neglected Farmland, Trade Deals, Farming’s Economic Contributions, and Cherry Update

Episode 68: 7/31/2025 - Pesticide Regulators Collaborate to Reduce Use, Farm Legislation Updates, and Watermelon and Pear Crop Projections

Episode 67: 7/24/2025 - Fresh Fruit Season, Legislative Briefs, Screwworm Update, Farm Security Action Plan

Episode 66: 7/17/2025 - Regulatory Costs, Organic Production Decrease, Labor Contractors in Farming Operations, and How the Big Beautiful Bill Helps Farm Families

Episode 65: 7/10/2025 - Roadless Rule Rescinded, Pork Prices, Changing Food Trends, and Certified Crop Adviser Program

Episode 64: 7/3/2025 - Sugar Beet Facility Closing, New World Screwworm, Sites Reservoir Progress, Dairy Product Consumption Benefits, and Summer Cookout Cost

Episode 63: 6/26/2025 - Estate Tax Planning Tips, EV Mandates Struck Down, Dairy Animal Care, and Labor Supply Concerns

Episode 62: 6/19/25 - California Farm Leaders Voice Concerns, Day in the Life of a Dairy Farmer, Livestock Pest, and Average Age of Farmers Discussion

Episode 61: 6/12/25 - Market Demand for Almonds, Health Benefits of Dairy, Rural Crime, Tax Act, and MAHA

Episode 60: 6/5/25 - Almond Forecast, Decreased Cherry Crop, Help for Small Farmers, Food Safety Reminders for Summer Cookouts

Episode 59: 5/29/25 - Farmer Capitol Visits, Coyotes, Mental Health Awareness, Legislative and Regulatory Update

Episode 58: 5/22/25 - Farm Trade Deficit, Unsolicited Seed Packets, Farmers Under Stress, Important Tax Laws Expiring

5/15 - USDA Attacks SNAP Fraud, Redefining WOTUS Rules, a Bank’s Program to Help New Farmers, Estate Tax Law and the Family Farm

5/8 - Farmland Values, Off-Farm Income, A Big Avocado Crop, and Bird Flu Update

5/1 - Federal Budget Proposals, Golden Mussel Threats, Virtual Fencing of Livestock, and Relief for Fresh Market Tomato Farmers

4/24 - How SB 628 is Helping Farm Employees, Certified Farmers Markets, Environmental Conservation, and Coyote Hunting

4/17 - Wolf Legislation, FFA’s Golden Owl Award, Check In with Farmers, Mandated Employee Postings, and the Monarch Butterfly.

4/10 - April’s Snow Survey, Agricultural Education, Nitrogen Management Plans, and Food Labels

4/3 - WOTUS Rules, Small Farms Disappearing, Capitol Ag Day, Chinese Shipping Dominance Raises Security Concerns

3/27 - Wolf Emergency, Overtime Tax Credit, Fair Plan Stability & Pork/Poultry Processing Streamlined

3/20 - Challenging GHG Disclosure Rules, Federal Money for Fire Prevention Work, Ag, Day Celebrations, Water Allocations, and Egg Prices

3/13 - More Timber Production and Fuels Reduction, Emergency Payments to Farmers, Helping People Enter Agriculture, and Dairy/Beef Cattle Crossbreeding

3/6 - USDA Attacks Avian Flu, Mountain Lion Research, Winegrape Oversupply, Food Stamps Regulation Change, and Overtime Tax Credit Legislation

2/27 - Beekeeper Talks Forage and Bee Thefts, State Review of Autonomous Tractor Ban, Farm Exports, and Food Prices

2/20 - Bee Shortage for Early Pollination, Regulation Costs for Lettuce Farmers, USDA Secretary Assesses Farm Economy, and Proposed Dairy Waste Rules.

2/13 - Building Relationships with New Lawmakers, New Workplace Violence Standards for Farms, and Be Inspired by State FFA Leaders

2/6 - Honeybee Health Update, a New App for Farm Employers, a Crucial Ag Equipment Survey, and more.

1/30 - Farm Shows, Water Storage Update, New Congress, Farmers Mentoring Farmers, and Regulation Costs for Lettuce Farmers

1/23 - State Budget Reactions, Dairy and Poultry Show Ban, Citrus Crop, Foreign-Owned Farmland Report, and Specialty Crops Exports

1/16 - Farm Bill Extension, an Important Survey, Molding Tomorrow’s Farm Leaders, Wage Rate Laws, Early Season Snowpack

1/9 - Dietary Guidelines, Navel Orange Crop, Required Agricultural Labor Postings, U.S. Pork Supply, Utilities, ESA, and Egg Supplies

12/19 - County Farm Bureau Successes, Christmas Tree Market, Water Allocation Outlook, and School Lunches

12/12 - Effects of the Ventura fire Avocado and Citrus Industries, State Water Plans, SGMA turns 10, and Persimmon Harvest

12/5 - H-2A Worker Costs, Indoor Heat Regulations, Specialty Crops, and Pet Safety

11/28 - Cost of Thanksgiving, Report from the Fields, Robotic Farm Equipment, Kern County is #1

11/21 - Sonoma County’s Measure J Defeated, Wine Consumption Drop, Robotic Ag Equipment, Bird Flu, & Brussel Sprouts

11/14 - Farm Bureau’s Message to President-Elect Trump and Congress, Mental Health on the Farm, and Oriental Fruit Fly

11/7 - Thanksgiving Turkey Supplies, Autonomous Spraying Machinery, North State Water Regulations, and Hurricane Crop Damage Estimates

10/31 - Watermelon Harvest, Farm Robotics, Hurricane Milton, Bird Flu Updates, Monarch Butterflies, and Mountain Lions

10/24 - Water Shortage Effects on Farmland Values, Winegrape Oversupply, and Field Updates on Sheep, Pumpkin Agrotourism and Mangos

10/17 - U.S. Farm Economic Crisis, Hurricane Damage, Pumpkins, Water Rates Increase

10/10 - Mountain Lions, Harvest Conditions, H5N1 in Dairy Cows, & Farm Bill hurdles

10/3 - Farm Bureau's Proposition Voters' guide, Farm Trade, Tulare Lake Subbasin, & Port Strike Repercussions

9/26 - Retail Beef Prices, Bird Flu in CA Dairies, Organic Regulations Toughen, and Harvest Updates

9/19 - Wolves, Mountain Lions, Sonoma’s Measure J threatens dairies and poultry farms, and the Ag Trade Deficit.

9/5 - Exploring Grocery Price Gouging Accusations, Tax Provisions, Railroad Strikes, and More

8/29 Why the Farm Bill is important to California farmers

8/22 Farmers and Ranchers should be engaging with the Congressional Representatives during the Congressional Recess

8/15 An upcoming pesticide notification program will be burdensome for agricultural commissioners and could prove and pose safety issues for farm families and their employees

8/8 A free service to help pass the farm to the next generation called, “Land as Your Legacy.”

8/1 Why farmers are concerned about a proposed public notification of when and where pesticides are applied.

7/18 July is National Ice Cream Month; we’ll talk with dairy promoters about the celebration.

7/11 A Kings County farm group files a lawsuit against the State Water Board.

7/4 Your July 4th cookout is costing you more this year, and good news for water rights holders.

6/27 Good news for water rights holders. A bill that would have given the State Water Board the authority to curtail water rights for any reason has died.

6/20 Agricultural electrical rates, Tri-colored blackbird, heat-illness prevention, Sites Reservoir, and Klamath water allocations.

6/13 Apricots, grasshoppers, Colorado River conservation plans, a State Senator talks of her farm related bills.

6/6 China trade tensions, Delta Tunnel, bird flu in dairies, California Farm Bureau’s president--on the job.

5/30 ATV Safety, blueberries, cotton planting, Oriental Fruit Fly eradicated, and legislative bills of interest

5/23 Farm labor bills, rice plantings, zero-emission truck mandates, farm suicide rates, and a legislative round-up.

5/16 State budget proposals, legislation about wildfire prevention and clean air truck fleets; plus farm overtime law.

5/9 Wolf compensation funding, clean forklift rule, Card Check, Farm Bill, and more

5/2 Problematic labor bills, update on bird flu in out-of-state dairies, trade policy concern, mental health on the farm, reasons for higher pork prices

4/26 Ag overtime, Sonoma County’s Measure J initiative, Klamath Basin water allocations, and forever chemicals.

4/18 Ag overtime law, legislative roundup, help for new farmers, Farm Census numbers, and organic labeling

4/11 Cows with bird flu, Taxpayer Protection Act, more water for farmers this year.

4/4 Farm water cuts, farmers go to Capitol, grass-fed beef study, wild horses & burros and more.

3/29 Legislative update, farm concerns with ZEV, a dairy disease in Texas concerns California dairy producers.

3/19 Fewer acres of processing tomatoes, a research farm seeks financial help.

3/19 Food & Farm News