Legislation in Olympia would roll back recent gains farmworkers have made to receive overtime pay in Washington state. Senate Bill 5476 would allow agricultural employers to choose 12 weeks out of the year for which overtime rules would not apply until laborers had worked 50 hours. The 2021 overtime law is still phasing in, with time-and-a-half pay going into effect after 48 hours of work this year. .
Progressive agricultural growers returning this week from the Food not Feed Summit in Washington, D.C., are asking their fellow farmers to consider a big transition. The summit focused on shifting federal farm policies away from huge, corporate mega-farms and raising animal feed, to adopting more environmentally-friendly practices for growing food. In Iowa, at least 5,000 Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations dot the landscape. .
Can a state have an official aroma? That topic will on attendees minds when the annual New Mexico Chile Conference is held in Las Cruces today. The one-day conference will feature nearly 20 different speakers and presentations. Stephanie Walker, New Mexico State University professor and conference chair said because the chile pepper is New Mexico s signature crop, it is near and dear to everyone s heart. .
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