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KIRK & SIMAS AG INDUSTRY GROUP • SPECIALIZED • EXPERIENCED • LOCAL • The links below will take you to recent news articles of interest to the agricultural industry. In each case, no warranties are made by KIRK & SIMAS as to the accuracy of the information contained in the article.
CALIFORNIA'S BLUEBERRY BOOM (posted 05/31/2009) Until recently, finding commercial blueberry farms in California would have been about as likely as finding a herd of moose . . . (More at this link to the Los Angeles Times. See more . . .)
LAND USE, METAL THREFT TOP LIST OF NEW STATE LAWS (posted 01/07/2009) The arrival of the new year signals implementation of several new laws that will have an impact --- mostly postive --- on . . . (More at this link to the California Farm Bureau Federation. See more . . .)
NEW RULES WILL EASE FARM HIRING, AFFECT WAGES (posted 12/12/2008) The U.S. Department of Labor announced new rules Thursday that would make it easier for farming companies to hire foreign guest workers and would change the way their wages are set . . . (More at this link to the San Francisco Chronicle. See more . . .)
USDA CROP INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR AVOCADOS (posted 11/21/2008) California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary A.G. Kawamura encourages avocado growers to participate in a new United States Department of Agriculture crop insurance program. . . (More at this link to a press release from the California Department of Food and Agriculture. See more . . .)
AUTOMATIC WILLIAMSON ACT RENEWAL IS ON CURRENT TERMS (posted 10/25/2008) In County of Humboldt v. McKee (2008) 165 CA 4^th 1476, the California Court of Appeals recently held that the automatic renewal of a Williamson Act Contract creates a new contract subject to . . . (More at this link to an article prepared by KIRK & SIMAS attorney, Alex Simas. See more . . .)
ORGANIC STRAWBERRIES A HARD SELL AT TIMES (posted 10/25/2008) Over the next several weeks 600 California farmers will plant 31,000 acres of strawberries. That includes . . . (More at this link to the San Francisco Chronicle. See more . . .)
CALIFORNIA AREA QUARANTINED TO PROTECT CITRUS GROVES FROM BUG (posted 09/12/2008) U.S. and California officials have placed a quarantine on part of San Diego County to protect the state's main citrus-growing region from . . . (More at this link to the Los Angeles Times. See more . . .)