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Skip to navigation Skip to main content Navigation: Home Rural Migration News Farm Labor and Mexican Produce Exports Migration News Science & Eng. Workers Changing Face Research & Seminars contact us About provides timely, factual and nonpartisan information and analysis of international migration issues through five major activities: the newsletters Migration News and Rural Migration News, Changing Face and other Research & Seminars, and the Sloan West Coast Program on Science and Engineering Workers. Contact us at migrant@primal.ucdavis.edu . Rural Migration News: California: F&V, Robots California produced 43 percent of the US's $18.5 billion worth of vegetables and melons in 2018, followed by Arizona with seven percent. The most valuable vegetable was lettuce, where California's $1.8 billion in 2018 was two-thirds of the US's $2.7 billion. The next most valuable vegetable was fresh tomatoes, where California's $227 million was 28 percent of the US's $814 million in 2018. US shipments of lettuce and field fresh tomatoes in 2019 were higher than in 2018, while shipments of asparagus and sweet corn fell significantly. Prices for many fresh vegetables rose in 2019, especially for celery, onions and cauliflower. Celery prices peaked in April 2019. Fresh tomatoes, cucumbers and bell peppers led in volume among imports. Continue reading... Most Read Farm Labor in the 1930s Dust Bowl Migration Braceros: History, Compensation Big Six Produce Companies California Farm Labor: 50 Years German Immigration and Integration Challenges Global Communities: Bananas, Coffee English-only Rule Upheld by Supreme Court US Ag, Trade, EU California: F&V, Robots Rural Migration News Rural Migration News is produced with the support of the Colcom , Giannini , and Walmart foundations. A paper edition is available by mail for $30 domestic and $50 foreign for one year and $55 and $95 for two-years. Make checks payable to and send to Philip Martin, Department of Ag and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, California 95616 USA. Farm Labor and Mexican Produce Exports The US imports half of its fresh fruit and a third of its fresh vegetables, mostly from Mexico. the leading source. This project, led by the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute and supported by the Walmart foundation, is developing a database on Mexican farm workers employed in Mexican export agriculture and in US labor-intensive agriculture. Migration News Migration News is produced with the support of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation , the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation , and UCB Institute of European Studies . A paper edition is available by mail for $30 domestic and $50 foreign for one year and $55 and $95 for two years. Make checks payable to and send to Philip Martin, Department of Ag and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, California 95616 USA. Sloan West Coast Program On S&E Workers This network of researchers hosts seminars on labor and immigration issues affecting science and engineering workers, compiles and distributes information on these issues, and cooperates closely with the NBER's SEWP . Changing Face & UFW Contracts The Changing Face project assesses the effects of immigrant farm workers on agriculture and agricultural communities. Research & Seminars Include Opinion Leader Seminars, the Comparative Immigration and Integration Program, and Transatlantic Migration Policy Issue seminars. Sponsors...