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  • The study's section on labor includes information on California’s new minimum wage and overtime laws.
    UC study breaks down costs of growing organic strawberries

    Aug 24, 2022

    • Agriculture
  • Complying with social-distancing protocols to prevent coronavirus spread will likely slow the strawberry harvest in California. (Photo: Evett Kilmartin)
    COVID-19 not a current threat to the food system, but California farmers still feel the pinch

    Mar 26, 2020

    • Agriculture
  • Romaine harvest. In the romaine and strawberry cost studies, the authors have also expanded the section on labor, which includes information on California's minimum wage and overtime laws.
    Thinking about growing romaine or organic strawberries? UC ANR releases sample costs

    Sep 10, 2019

    • Agriculture
  • Primocane-bearing blackberries produce berries in the first year, extending fruiting season.
    First-ever UC cost study for primocane-bearing blackberries released

    Mar 6, 2019

    • Agriculture
  • Berries are soft fruit, so robotic harvesting is unlikely. The industry is looking to agtech to reduce the amount of labor needed and make it easier for farmworkers to pick and harvest the fields. (Photo: Pixabay)
    Agtech is changing farming in California

    Oct 30, 2018

    • Agriculture
  • raspberries
    Growers get help from UC in estimating raspberry production costs

    May 7, 2018

    • Agriculture
    • Economic Development
  • The cost study for strawberry production notes that in 2016 new minimum wage and overtime laws were passed in California. Many growers already pay more than the current state minimum wage, but may be affected by the overtime law.
    New cost estimates for strawberry production released by UC Agricultural Issues Center

    May 11, 2017

  • Coachella Valley strawberry plants on the left were stunted due to salt buildup in the soil. (Photo: Steven Koike)
    California drought causes salt buildup problem for strawberry farmers

    Mar 5, 2014

  • Strawberry production will drop under methyl bromide phase-out.
    Methyl bromide ban creates a 'new world' for strawberry growers

    Dec 17, 2010

  • Conventional strawberry production involves the use of a soil fumigant before the crop is planted.
    Assemblyman encourages methyl iodide ban

    Oct 13, 2010

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    Organic strawberries may be more nutritious and longer lasting

    Sep 10, 2010

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