California’s Prop 12 Delayed and Rural Internet Funding
I’m Bob Larson from Ag Information Network with your Agribusiness Update.
**The California Department of Food and Agriculture has agreed to a six-month extension allowing retailers to continue selling pork that does not comply with Prop 12’s animal welfare rules.
The extension follows a lawsuit by grocery and restaurant owners seeking a delay in the 2018 voter-passed initiative.
The Sacramento County Superior Court has upheld a provision that allows non-compliant pork already in the supply chain to be sold until the end of the year.
** Members of the House Ag Committee have created a bipartisan
Ag Labor Task Force to address labor shortages and other workforce issues, including H-2A visa program reform.
In recent years, the number of foreign nationals brought in to fill temporary, seasonal farm jobs has not been sufficient to meet the year-round needs of livestock farmers.
The National Pork Producers Council supports expanding and reforming the H-2A program.
**The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration has announced funding for reliable high-speed Internet.
States, Washington and territories will use funding from the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program to run grant programs within their borders.
Commerce Minister Gina Raimondo says: “What this announcement means for people across the country is that if you don’t have access to quality, affordable high-speed Internet service now, you will.”
To view government funding in the Biden administration’s high-speed Internet portfolio, visit InternetforAll.gov.
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