The 2024 County of Monterey Crop and Livestock Report is here!

Watch @ksbw_8 tonight as MCFB Executive Director Norm Groot discusses the release of the 2024 Monterey County Crop Report, the resilience after the 2023 floods and the economic impact our local agriculture industry has on Monterey County.

Our 25th Annual Bill Barker Memorial Golf Tournament is just over 100 days away! Mark your calendars for October 23, 2025 Brown Brothers Harriman and sign your team up today! This tournament is always an early sell out! Don't miss the 25th! #mcfb #peninsulagolf #bayonetandblackhorse #farmbureau

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Crews at work 7 days a week and extended hours at Regent’s Slide. Full-scale excavation resumed mid-July utilizing both conventional and remote-controlled equipment. Crews continue to install shear dowels in the cut slope to provide immediate and long-term slope reinforcement.

#OnTheAir | Bryan Little talks farm labor, immigration and ag policy!🎙️ California Farm Bureau’s own Bryan Little, senior director of policy advocacy, joined the Hot Dish podcast to talk about the realities of ag labor in California, including the impacts of regulatory

Full overnight closure of Hwy. 1 at Rocky Creek (12 miles south of Carmel), will begin Sunday, July 27 at 10 p.m., with the highway scheduled to reopen Monday, July 28 at 6 a.m. Crews will deploy a crane across both lanes during closure to resupply seawall reconstruction project.

🚨 Please avoid the area of HWY 9 near HWY 35. CHP is on scene investigating a fatal crash. HWY 9 is currently shut down. Stay safe and steer clear of the area. Unknown when the road will reopen. #TrafficAlert #RoadSafety #hwy9

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#AdvocacyInAction | Bringing agriculture’s priorities to the table. 🌱 California Farm Bureau President Shannon Douglass joined Speaker Robert Rivas for a roundtable discussion with local Farm Bureau members and agricultural leaders in Salinas. The conversation covered legislative

Farm Bureau worked to prevent a budget proposal to raise the #MillTax to 33.3 mill. Instead, the mill tax will increase to only 30 mill over four years, saving members $13 million and ensuring timely registrations for crop protection materials. cfbf.com/ByTheNumbers

🚧TRAFFIC ALERT: Hwy. 1 📍Monterey/Santa Cruz Counties 🗓️Aug. 18-Sept. 3 Caltrans will conduct ramp/lane closures on Hwy. 1 (Trafton Rd Undercrossing in Monterey Co. ➝ north of Larkin Valley Rd in Santa Cruz Co.) for a drainage improvement project. Info: QuickMap.dot.ca.gov

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National Farm Safety & Health Week is coming up! 🚜 Each day will highlight an important safety topic: 🔹 Sept. 22 – Equipment & Rural Roadway Safety 🔹 Sept. 23 – Health & Wellness 🔹 Sept. 24 – Generations of Farming 🔹 Sept. 25 – Confined Spaces 🔹 Sept. 26 – ATV/UTV

Hwy. 1 at Regent’s Slide is expected to reopen to through traffic by the end of March 2026. Estimate could be influenced by additional slide activity that has posed significant safety concerns and seasonal weather effects on site conditions. Caltrans to provide regular updates.

Protecting rural voices in California. 🚨🌱 California Farm Bureau has announced its opposition to Proposition 50, a November ballot measure that would eliminate independent redistricting and hand map-drawing power back to politicians. Farm Bureau leaders warn that Prop 50

Travelers on southbound Hwy. 17 will encounter a closure of the #2 (right) lane, between the Glenwood Cutoff and Vine Hill Rd, starting Monday, 10/6 thru Friday, 10/10, from 7 am to 2:30 pm. HAZMAT crews on site to remove contaminated soil from a recently overturned fuel truck.