CFBF Action Center

Farm Team

• Promote Farm Bureau-led solutions that benefit California family farms and ranches.

2006 California Family Farm Scorecard

• 2006 vote record of members of the California Legislature

Protecting California Family Farms

• Plan to educate, motivate and activate Californians
  
  

Current Issues

Air Quality

• New rules require farmers, ranchers to retire older engines

Automobile Insurance Rates

• Auto insurance rate plan penalizes rural drivers

Animal Identification

• Draft Strategic Plan and Draft Program Standards (PDF, 34 KB)

Biotechnology

• California Healthy Foods Coalition

Diseases

• Protect yourself from West Nile virus

Energy

• PG&E Office Closures
• Save energy on the farm
• Fuel efficiency on the farm
• Agriculture and Energy

Farm Economy

• Tax Relief for California Agriculture

Farm Security

• Ag Crime prevention

Federal Farm Programs

• Preparing for the 2007 Farm Bill

Food Safety

• Proposed leafy greens handlers marketing agreement
• Food Irradiation: Policies and Possibilities for the Horticulture Industry

Immigration Reform

• Family farmers press for meaningful immigration reform

Land Use

• CFBF testimony: Impacts of eminent domain on agriculture (PDF, 39 KB)
• CFBF testimony: Ag Land Preservation--The future of our fields (PDF, 50 KB)
• California Land Conservation Act ("Williamson Act")
• Land Use Issues

Natural Resources

• Protecting California from invasive weeds
• Comments on Tricolor Blackbird (PDF, 74 KB)
• Commitment to Conservation

Taxation

• No Tractor Tax
• Applying for diesel fuel excise-tax refunds
• Tax Relief for California Ag

Trade

• US WTO Proposal - Fact Sheet (Oct. 2005, PDF)
• CFBF comments on importation of boneless beef from Japan (PDF, 113 KB)
• Assessing the role of NAFTA in California Agriculture
• Trade links

Water

• California Water - How It's Used (PDF, 203 KB)
• Agricultural Water Quality Program
• Water Efficiency Information