No Immigration Reform...Yet

Agriculture will have to go another year without comprehensive immigration reform needed to provide a steady and legal supply of migrant labor. President Obama conceded after talking with House Speaker John Boehner the GOP won't vote on a sweeping immigration bill this year. That is not good news for ag - and the American Farm Bureau - pushing for a solution to the migrant labor problem. AFBF's Dale Moore.

MOORE: Farm Bureau is disappointed that we're not going to see a comprehensive immigration reform process come to the floor this year. We had been hoping to see that occur. Farmers, ranchers, livestock producers continue to struggle with instability in their labor force and something we feel can only be fixed through congressional action.

And unlike some sectors - Moore says farmers can't wait.

MOORE: I need the help when I need the help. That's what farmers, ranchers, livestock producers all across the country tell us and that's why this is one of the top priorities for American Farm Bureau is getting immigration reform done but more particularly is getting that component that focuses on addressing the ag labor needs to provide a stable, legal workforce that our members can rely on when they need that help.

Moore says from fruits and vegetables and horticulture to livestock - the immigration issue is felt far and wide in agriculture.

MOORE: Simply put this affects farmers and ranchers all over the country and clearly those that have a lot of those hand labor type crops or livestock needs is where you see it most acutely felt.

That's today's Line On Agriculture. I'm Greg Martin on the Ag Information Network.