Agricultural Personnel Management Program
University of California

Selected Publications by Howard R. Rosenberg

  • Ag Help Wanted: Guidelines for Managing Agricultural Labor (with R. Carkner, J.P. Hewlett, L. Owen, T. Teegerstrom, J.E. Tranel, and R.R. Weigel). Western Farm Management Extension Committee, October 2002, 242 pp.
  • "Public Choices Affecting Human Resource Management,"  in J.L. Outlaw and E.G. Smith, The 2002 Farm Bill: Policy Options and Consequences, Publication 2001-01. Oak Brook, IL: Farm Foundation, September 2001, pp. 221-226.
  • "Recognizing and Managing Risks In Ag Labor Management," Labor Management Decisions,UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Winter-Spring 1999), pp. 1-3, 6-7, 12, 14.
  • Who Works on California Farms? Demographic and Employment Findings from the National Agricultural Workers Survey (with A. Steirman, S.M. Gabbard S.M., and R. Mines). Oakland: University of California,  Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Publication 21583, and U.S. Department of Labor NAWS Report No. 7, 1998.
  • "Looking Fresh at the ALRA," Labor Management Decisions, UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Fall 1997), pp. 1-3, 10-13.
  •  "Groping for Handles on the Elephant: Where the Farm Jobs Are and How Much They Pay in California." Labor Management Decisions, UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Winter-Spring 1997), pp. 9-12.
  •  What Rules for California Pesticide Users?" Labor Management Decisions, UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Fall 1996), pp. 1-7.
  •  Labor Management Laws in California Agriculture,2nd Edition (with Valerie J. Horwitz and Daniel L. Egan). Oakland: University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, 1995. Publication 21404, 180p.
  • "More than an IRCA Offshoot: Growth of Labor Contracting in California Agriculture."  Berkeley, Univ. of CA, Dept. of Agr. & Resource Econ., 1993. 23p. (CUDARE. Working Paper, 693). Subsequent version published as "IRCA and Labor Contracting in California." In Immigration Reform and U.S. Agriculture. Oakland: University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, 1995. Publication 3358, pp. 269-293.
  • Labor Management on California Farms(withJeffrey M. Perloff, and Vijaykumar S. Pradhan). Report to California Employment Development Department, Sacramento, January 1994. Content also available as "Hiring and Managing Labor for Farms in California." Berkeley, Univ. of CA, Dept. of Agr. & Resource Econ., 1994. 100p. (DARE Working Paper No. 730, October 1994). Pending revision for Giannini Foundation Information Series.
  • "Snapshots in a Farm Labor Tradition," Labor Management Decisions, UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Winter-Spring 1993), pp. 1-7.  Spanish translation by Myriam Grajales-Hall published during 1993-94 as "La Odisea de los Inmigrantes Mexicanos en las Granjas Estadounidenses: Resena Historica de la Tradicion Laboral Agricola," Parts 1 and 2, in La Opinion, Miniondas, La Presa San Diego, La Oferta Review, California Weekly, El Sol Latino, El Continental, Mundo Hispano, El Sol, Alianza News, Contacto, El Nuevo Tiempo, Vida Nueva, LatinoAmericana, Hispanos Unidos.
  • "High Tech Meets High Touch: Electronic Creation of Individual Production Records in the Field" (with Kai Francisco).  CoastalGrower, Winter 1994, 14-19. Also presented to the 5th International Conference on Computers in Agriculture, Orlando, February 1994. 5p.
    • APMP Home  ||  about Howard