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H-2A Program Growth Renews Labor Reform Conversation
Southeast Regional Ag News
As use of the H-2A guest worker program climbs, proposed legislation aims to modernize rules that have remained largely unchanged for nearly 40 years.
Crawfish Industry Feeling the Squeeze
Southeast Regional Ag News
Imports, labor shortages, and weather extremes are testing resilience.
Farm Groups Push for H-2A Reform in Washington
Southeast Regional Ag News
Agricultural leaders from across the Southeast joined the Ag Wage Reform Coalition to urge Congress to strengthen the guest worker program farmers rely on.
Finding Help in Agriculture
California Ag Today
Short-term labor, internships, and apprenticeships offer different solutions for farms and ranches.
Beyond the Raids
California Ag Today
A statewide survey finds that anxiety and instability, even more than direct enforcement, are shaping farm operations.
Court Strikes Down Farm Wage Rule
California Ag Today
According to the American Farm Bureau, a Louisiana court ruling eases costly labor mandates for family farms.
AFBF: Farmers Win Relief from Wage Hike RuleThe court’s decision halts new H-2A wage requirements, offering breathing room for small producers.
Southeast Regional Ag News
Organization says the court’s decision halts new H-2A wage requirements, offering breathing room for small producers.
Cling Peach Season Brings Sweet Quality, Sour Uncertainty
California Ag Today
California growers report high-quality fruit but face yield drops, labor challenges, and cannery concerns.
Farmers Urge Action on Ag Labor Shortages
Southeast Regional Ag News
North Carolina grower Faylene Whitaker shares with Congress how H-2A workers keep her farm running. She says without them, there would be no workforce—and no harvest.
Deportation and Migrant U.S. Farmworkers
Southeast Regional Ag News
President-elect Donald Trump on Monday confirmed he would declare a national emergency to carry out his campaign promise of mass deportations of migrants living in the U.S. without legal permission.
Inflation, Interest Rates, Labor Shortage All Taking Their Toll
Farm of the Future
With Inflation still high and interest rates on the rise, another issue businesses are finding is lack of workers.
Labor Shortages Stunt CA Ag Growth
California Ag Today
An ag labor bill sits in the senate waiting for action after being passed through the House of Representatives earlier this year. The Farm Workforce Modernization Act would significantly improve California’s ag labor shortages, and bolster food production in the state.
Labor Shortage Hits Agriculture
Southeast Regional Ag News
Veronica Nigh, American Farm Bureau, states that, "In the second quarter of the fiscal year 2022, which is January through March, the number of applications for H2A workers, which is the Temporary Ag Worker Visa Program increased by more than 17 percent, year over year."
Farm Labor Crisis Continues: New H2A Data
California Ag Today
Most sectors of U.S. agriculture still faces labor shortages, new data confirms. Veronica Nigh, a senior economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation, says farmers have talked for at least a decade about a tight farm labor market.
Food Prices on the Rise… Again
California Ag Today
The most recent Consumer Price Index in February shows food prices rose 7.9 percent during the month. Scott Brown, an Associate Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Missouri Extension Service, says several factors are pushing prices higher.