While workers trimmed peach trees at his Mullica Hill farm this month, Tom Holtzhauser was reluctantly mulling trims of another kind – to his workforce. His labor costs will soar after the November passage of the constitutional amendment raising the state’s minimum wage $1 to…
A workshop regarding the NJ Sales Tax law and how it effects those who board horses will be held Sunday January 19 1:00 – 3:30 at Rick’s Saddle Shop in Cream Ridge. The meeting will feature remarks from Assemblyman Ronald Dancer, who is the sponsor…
The future of New Jersey’s open-space program is at a standstill as unlikely opponents square off on how best to fund the state’s long-standing — but broke — effort to increase parkland, preserve farmland and demolish flood-prone homes and businesses. Two competing funding bills have…
Farm Bureau leaders, members and staff went through another successful convention process last month at the Westin Hotel in Princeton. This came through clearly in the replies to the post-convention evaluation forms we send to the delegates. Highlights? I have a few … the…
New Jersey Farm Bureau’s newly reactivated Young Farmer & Rancher (YF&R) program was featured in a story in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Several YF&R members were interviewed for the story. Click here to read the story from philly.com.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the White House. And the Obamas can thank Wyckoff’s Christmas Tree Farm outside Belvidere for that. First lady Michelle Obama today accepted four trees from the White Township farm to be featured in the executive mansion,…
Among nearly 20,000 written comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on draft rules regarding produce and preventive controls are letters from lawmakers on Capitol Hill. The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), which is trying to nudge FDA into doing a second draft…
Polices adopted by the delegates of the New Jersey Farm Bureau 95th Annual Meeting are now available online. Click here to view the 2014 NJFB Policies.
Allen Carter, Jr. of Cape May County was elected 1st Vice President by the delegates of the NJFB 95th Annual Meeting. Click here to learn more about Allen.
Photos from the NJFB Annual Meeting are now available on this website. They can be found by clicking on “Photo Gallery” in the News menu. Or you can go there by clicking here.
