March 18, 2016

  Leveraging Our Strength by Emily Rooney We had record attendance at our 97th Annual Meeting in Napa last week, and given our strong turnout, it is appropriate that this year’s meeting theme was “Leveraging our Strength.” It is also a fitting motto for our...

February 26, 2016

Paul Martin to be Honored with California Cultivator Award Paul Martin, a lifelong dairy producer and champion of agriculture, will be honored with Ag Council’s 2016 California Cultivator Award at a lunch held during Ag Council’s Annual Meeting at the...

February 17, 2016

Fifth Annual World Ag Expo Breakfast a Success Nearly 70 members and friends joined Ag Council at the Fifth Annual World Ag Expo Breakfast in Tulare on February 10. Attendees heard from keynote speakers David Gutierrez, program manager for the sustainable groundwater...

January 27, 2016

 Assemblyman Cooper & Assemblyman Salas to Headline Ag Council Dinner Assemblyman Jim Cooper (D-Elk Grove) and Assemblyman Rudy Salas (D-Bakersfield), the new co-chairs of the moderate Democrats (known as the “Mod Dems”) caucus in the Legislature, will headline as...

January 14, 2016

Assembly Formally Elects Anthony Rendon as Speaker On January 11, Assemblyman Anthony Rendon (D-Paramount) was formally elected as the next Speaker of the California State Assembly. He will assume the office of the Speaker on March 7, 2016. “I thank my colleagues for...