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Powerful ag groups are spending millions on Spanish-language radio ads criticizing California’s card check law, in an effort to discourage farm workers from voting in union elections.

Fresno recently recognized as a historical site the place where the National Association of Farm Workers held their first convention in 1962, the event that gave birth to the organized farmworker movement.

"The deadline for Congress to pass a new five-year farm has passed and, because of the political strife to keep the government open, it may take months to reach agreement on a new bill."

The state of Colorado has just passed a pioneering law that will allow farmers to repair their farm machinery without having to rely on parts and service from the companies that sold them. This requirement, which is still in force in other states in the country, causes delays and economic losses in the agricultural sector. Yesenia Robles spoke with a farmer from the agricultural valley of San Luis who was hopeful about the benefits of the new law. She brings us this report from Denver, Colorado.