Wage and hour cases in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting at a glance
California employers in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting account for 2,871 concluded Wage and Hour Division investigations since 2004, 2,243 of which found violations (78%). Employers agreed to pay $17,564,590 in back wages to 34,342 workers, and $16,069,333 in civil money penalties was assessed. In the last 12 months 16 cases closed with $58,815 in back wages.
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| Employer | City | Case closed | Findings | Back wages | Workers paid | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas Vineyard Management | Napa | Sep 15, 2015 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Micheal Neal Vineyard Management MICHAEL J. NEAL VITICULTURAL SVCS., INC | Rutherford | Sep 15, 2015 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Estrada Labor Service | Fresno | Sep 15, 2015 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Elite Ag Management, Inc. | Madera | Sep 6, 2015 | 13 violations | $218 | 5 | $1,675 |
| Geringer Vineyards Richard and Dorothy Geringer | Fresno | Sep 6, 2015 | 5 violations | 0 | 0 | $775 |
| Agrima Farm Labor Inc. | Madera | Sep 6, 2015 | 5 violations | 0 | 0 | $2,800 |
| JS Farms | Madera | Sep 6, 2015 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $300 |
| Sunshine Agriculture Services | Fresno | Sep 5, 2015 | 5 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,900 |
| Ray Moles Farms | Fresno | Sep 5, 2015 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,600 |
| Eduardo Soto FLC | Exeter | Sep 5, 2015 | 9 violations | 0 | 0 | $5,100 |
| Dosanjh, Gurpreet Singh | Caruthers | Sep 5, 2015 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $550 |
| Prime Harvest Contracting | Fresno | Sep 5, 2015 | 7 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,025 |
| Iturralde, Rosa Isabel | Fresno | Sep 5, 2015 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | $575 |
| Oaxaca Olds, Sandra | Fresno | Sep 5, 2015 | 8 violations | 0 | 0 | $5,800 |
| Gill Farms | Fresno | Sep 5, 2015 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,600 |
| Avila's Farm Labor Services | Dinuba | Sep 5, 2015 | 9 violations | 0 | 0 | $4,400 |
| Singh Farms | Selma | Sep 5, 2015 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,700 |
| GiGi Ag, Inc. | Madera | Sep 5, 2015 | 6 violations | 0 | 0 | $4,300 |
| LGP Ag Service | Fresno | Sep 4, 2015 | 53 violations | $1,621 | 22 | $4,700 |
| Anthony J. Prieto Vineyards | Selma | Sep 4, 2015 | 7 violations | 0 | 0 | $7,400 |
| Diamond Harvesting | Madera | Sep 3, 2015 | 7 violations | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Francisco Sanchez Farm Labor | Madera | Sep 2, 2015 | 11 violations | $120 | 3 | $3,100 |
| Gerhardt River Ranch | Madera | Sep 2, 2015 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,200 |
| Buschmoff, John | Kerman | Sep 2, 2015 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J & M Labor Service, Inc. | Sanger | Sep 1, 2015 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | $600 |
| Manjit K Bal Farms | Kingsburg | Sep 1, 2015 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Borello Farms | Morgan Hill | Aug 30, 2015 | 30 violations | $3,799 | 21 | $2,100 |
| Prestige Farm Management, Inc. | Madera | Aug 30, 2015 | 7 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,225 |
| Parker, Brian | Fresno | Aug 30, 2015 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mendoza Farm Labor Contracting | Madera | Aug 29, 2015 | 18 violations | $552 | 7 | $4,800 |
| O.F.R., Inc. | Selma | Aug 29, 2015 | 8 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,825 |
| Ramos Farms Eduardo Fausto Ramos | Selma | Aug 29, 2015 | 5 violations | 0 | 0 | $775 |
| JB Farms Jennifer Freeman | Kerman | Aug 29, 2015 | 7 violations | 0 | 0 | $825 |
| Harvey Singh Farms | Selma | Aug 29, 2015 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | $750 |
| J M Lasgoity Johm M. Lasgoity & Rosemary Lasgoity | Madera | Aug 28, 2015 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $700 |
| K & J AG Services, Inc. | Madera | Aug 28, 2015 | 5 violations | 0 | 0 | $4,300 |
| A.M.O. Trujillo Trujillo, Vanessa (FLC) | Orosi | Aug 26, 2015 | 8 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,850 |
| Ramirez & Sons Ag Management | Madera | Aug 25, 2015 | 10 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,375 |
| Cubre Farming Anthony F. Cubre Jr. | Kerman | Aug 25, 2015 | 7 violations | 0 | 0 | $825 |
| Pacific Farm Management, Inc. | Madera | Aug 25, 2015 | 5 violations | 0 | 0 | $4,300 |
| Lone Goose Farms | Fresno | Aug 25, 2015 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,200 |
| Hall Management Corp. | Kerman | Aug 23, 2015 | 31 violations | $1,230 | 14 | $1,300 |
| Mand Farm Gopal Singh Mand | Fresno | Aug 22, 2015 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Magana Labor Services | Fillmore | Aug 20, 2015 | 9 violations | $922 | 2 | $2,300 |
| Ag Force | Fresno | Aug 15, 2015 | 37 violations | $2,102 | 15 | $6,500 |
| Fowler Packing Company, Inc. | Fresno | Aug 15, 2015 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | $2,800 |
| Pappas & Co. Pappas Family Farms, Inc. | Mendota | Aug 14, 2015 | 23 violations | $2,220 | 19 | $1,100 |
| Stamoules Produce Company | Mendota | Aug 13, 2015 | 4 violations | $120 | 2 | $2,600 |
| Baloian Farms Baloian Packing Co., Inc. | Fresno | Aug 12, 2015 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,900 |
| Family Ranch, Inc. | Huron | Aug 12, 2015 | 8 violations | 0 | 0 | $4,900 |
| Gerawan Farming Gerawan Farming Partners, Inc. | Fresno | Aug 11, 2015 | 8 violations | $378 | 5 | $800 |
| Silverado Farming Company, Inc. | Napa | Aug 10, 2015 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-Valley Labor Service, Inc. | Madera | Aug 10, 2015 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | $2,200 |
| RCO Reforesting | Yreka | Aug 10, 2015 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EKSC Corporation | Thermal | Aug 1, 2015 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elkhorn Packing Co., LLC | Salinas | Jul 31, 2015 | 28 violations | $460 | 23 | 0 |
| Elkhorn Packing Co., LLC/ Rancho Harvest | Salinas | Jul 31, 2015 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elkhorn Packing Co., LLC/ Rancho Harvest | Salinas | Jul 31, 2015 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moreno Labor Contracting | Coachella | Jul 31, 2015 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Plantel Nurseries, Inc. | Santa Maria | Jul 30, 2015 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Durant Harvesting, Inc. | Santa Maria | Jul 29, 2015 | 10 violations | $760 | 2 | $8,800 |
| Elkhorn Packing Co., LLC | Salinas | Jul 29, 2015 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eat Sweet Farms, LLC | Santa Maria | Jul 28, 2015 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lopez and Sons Farms, Inc. | Stockton | Jul 10, 2015 | 19 violations | $1,424 | 11 | $2,300 |
| Sandra O' Farm Labor | Fresno | Jul 5, 2015 | 23 violations | $950 | 14 | $2,675 |
| Fiorio Farms | Gilroy | Jul 5, 2015 | 16 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,600 |
| San Pasqual Avocado Company Francis J. Pedace and Elizabeth Pedace | Escondido | Jul 1, 2015 | 21 violations | $7,224 | 12 | 0 |
| X-Treme Ag Labor | Kerman | Jul 1, 2015 | 240 violations | $3,779 | 190 | $56,400 |
| Sequoia Packing | Coalinga | Jul 1, 2015 | 11 violations | 0 | 0 | $45,900 |
| Arroyo, Candy Melissa Salinas Farm Labor Contractor, Inc. | Patterson | Jun 25, 2015 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Sanctuary at Soledad Goats | Mojave | Jun 25, 2015 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sangiacomo Vineyards V. Sangiacomo & Sons, Limited Partnership | Sonoma | Jun 24, 2015 | 76 violations | 0 | 0 | $3,800 |
| Signal Ridge Vineyards, Inc. | Boonville | Jun 22, 2015 | 11 violations | $10,810 | 10 | 0 |
| Balbir Sohal Richland Enterprises LLC | Yuba City | Jun 16, 2015 | 9 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson, Rick D. | Huron | Jun 14, 2015 | 9 violations | $1,296 | 1 | $3,200 |
| Hermes Martinez Labor Services | Woodlake | Jun 14, 2015 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roberto Torres Ceballos | Lindsay | Jun 14, 2015 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | $325 |
| Central Cal Ag | Fresno | Jun 13, 2015 | 11 violations | $1,396 | 3 | $3,200 |
| Sun Pacific Sun Pacific Farming Coorperative, Inc. | Bakersfield | Jun 13, 2015 | 7 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Reyes Reyes Jacuinde, Marcelo FLC | Porterville | Jun 13, 2015 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| California Master Plant | Tracy | Jun 11, 2015 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mendoza Farm Labor Contractor. Inc. | Madera | Jun 6, 2015 | 10 violations | $87 | 2 | $2,750 |
| J.C. Farm Services, Inc. | Orland | Jun 2, 2015 | 5 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Future Ag Management | Soledad | Jun 2, 2015 | 8 violations | 0 | 0 | $3,875 |
| Rajkovich Farms | Hollister | Jun 2, 2015 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Redgate Farms, Inc. | Traver | May 31, 2015 | 10 violations | $1,085 | 4 | $2,600 |
| Fairfield Farms, LLC | Escondido | May 31, 2015 | 5 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,550 |
| Sun Pacific Farming Company Marysville | Marysville | May 28, 2015 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Desert Harvest Inc. | Coachella | May 24, 2015 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $25 |
| Blair Ranch | Coachella | May 23, 2015 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin's Labor Contractor Inc. | Madera | May 22, 2015 | 28 violations | $648 | 17 | $6,425 |
| Ferguson Farms | Stockton | May 22, 2015 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eguiluz, Jose Manuel (FLC) | Stockton | May 22, 2015 | 5 violations | 0 | 0 | $450 |
| Miguel Orozco Farm Labor Contractor Inc | Atwater | May 21, 2015 | 21 violations | $308 | 6 | $2,675 |
| Witman Ranch, Inc M.Witman Management, Inc. / A.W. Ranch | Escondido | May 20, 2015 | 28 violations | $1,261 | 24 | $3,375 |
| Adan Hernandez Farm Labor Contracting | Merced | May 20, 2015 | 29 violations repeat | $521 | 10 | $4,495 |
| Sun Hills, LLC (FLC) | Rialto | May 20, 2015 | 7 violations | $46 | 1 | $1,100 |
| Prime Time International | Coachella | May 20, 2015 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $50 |
| DiMare DMB Packing Corp | Newman | May 20, 2015 | 5 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tudor Ranch, Inc. (AGER) | Mecca | May 19, 2015 | 56 violations | $1,413 | 52 | $5,425 |
Largest back-wage records in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munger Bros.- Empire Ranch | 1 | $2,051,838 | 2,477 | Jun 30, 2017 |
| EWC & Associates Inc. (FLSA) | 3 | $977,177 | 82 | Apr 15, 2018 |
| New Century Farms | 2 | $772,119 | 326 | Dec 20, 2023 |
| Sierra Del Tigre | 1 | $763,978 | 161 | Dec 15, 2023 |
| Rancho Nuevo Harvesting | 9 | $644,038 | 1,237 | Sep 9, 2023 |
| Peri & Sons Farms of California, LLC | 1 | $513,118 | 505 | Sep 20, 2022 |
| Corona Vineyard Management | 1 | $512,130 | 93 | Feb 25, 2019 |
| EuroAmerican Propagators | 1 | $486,903 | 35 | Jan 23, 2017 |
| Agrofarms and Grains, LLC | 1 | $429,926 | 92 | Jun 19, 2023 |
| Savino Farms Inc. | 2 | $388,419 | 253 | Nov 15, 2023 |
| The Sun Valley Group, Inc. | 3 | $365,851 | 435 | Dec 31, 2021 |
| Sierra Cascade Nursery, Inc | 4 | $289,253 | 361 | Oct 23, 2015 |
| A. Oseguera Company | 6 | $252,574 | 759 | Apr 7, 2021 |
| Concord Farms | 1 | $189,296 | 23 | Jan 23, 2023 |
| Sunlife Farm, Inc | 2 | $189,101 | 91 | May 21, 2024 |
| Crowne Cold Storage, LLC (Delano) | 2 | $177,820 | 249 | Jun 30, 2017 |
| Lucky Growers | 1 | $171,400 | 30 | Aug 10, 2023 |
| Moon Valley Nurseries | 2 | $159,773 | 23 | May 17, 2025 |
| Big F Company, Inc. | 2 | $157,698 | 242 | Sep 15, 2018 |
| J C Mora Trucking | 1 | $143,079 | 199 | Apr 26, 2018 |
By year closed
| Year | Cases | With violations | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | $7,301 | 53 |
| 2025 | 34 | 32 | $412,336 | 690 |
| 2024 | 50 | 43 | $590,520 | 651 |
| 2023 | 84 | 78 | $3,211,071 | 2,264 |
| 2022 | 70 | 61 | $1,755,581 | 2,276 |
| 2021 | 88 | 77 | $1,283,018 | 2,000 |
| 2020 | 141 | 113 | $499,467 | 1,393 |
| 2019 | 114 | 105 | $1,050,990 | 1,704 |
| 2018 | 121 | 99 | $1,831,899 | 1,750 |
| 2017 | 139 | 122 | $2,968,861 | 3,935 |
| 2016 | 114 | 96 | $264,072 | 1,340 |
| 2015 | 181 | 159 | $225,336 | 958 |
| 2014 | 192 | 151 | $365,916 | 1,463 |
| 2013 | 214 | 164 | $282,089 | 2,026 |
| 2012 | 214 | 151 | $496,687 | 2,664 |
| 2011 | 213 | 157 | $400,124 | 1,491 |
| 2010 | 125 | 85 | $352,017 | 703 |
| 2009 | 142 | 89 | $183,571 | 1,372 |
| 2008 | 136 | 92 | $120,412 | 1,273 |
| 2007 | 163 | 108 | $244,506 | 571 |
| 2006 | 109 | 89 | $476,276 | 1,219 |
| 2005 | 92 | 59 | $97,297 | 734 |
| 2004 | 81 | 65 | $373,474 | 762 |
Your rights in this industry
The federal file stops at $7.25 and weekly overtime. California workers in this industry are owed the state minimum wage of $16.90 in 2026 or the higher local rate, overtime after 8 hours in a day, an hour of pay for each missed meal or rest period, and up to 30 days of wages when final pay is late. Claims go to the Labor Commissioner or to Superior Court, three years back, four under the Unfair Competition Law. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement database, California cases through Sep 6, 2026. Back to the wage theft tracker.
About this data: Cases come from the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division enforcement database (WHD compliance actions concluded since fiscal year 2005, California employers only), published by the Department of Labor and reloaded here every month. "Back wages" are amounts the employer agreed to pay at the close of the investigation; "penalties" are civil money penalties assessed. An investigation that found no violation is listed as such. The database does not include California Labor Commissioner cases or private lawsuits. This page is general information, not legal advice about your situation.