AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST

Thursday Feb 15th, 2024

Farm Worker Program Changes Could Handicap the Program

California Ag Today
The proposed alterations to the H-2A Visa program by the Departments of Labor and Homeland Security may present significant hurdles for growers nationwide.

Monday Oct 2nd, 2023

Wage Rate Restraining Order Denied

Southeast Regional Ag News
A federal judge has now denied a request to block a federal rule change related to farm worker wages.

Tuesday Aug 29th, 2023

810 People Investigating 165 Million Farm Workers

Southeast Regional Ag News
A recent report from the Economic Policy Institute claims Department of Labor funding and staffing constraints hinder farmworker protections.

Monday Jun 5th, 2023

Abandoning Vegetable Crops for Traditional Crops

Line on Agriculture
Sakata Farms' Owner, Robert Sakata Jr.

Monday Jun 5th, 2023

Abandoning Vegetable Crops for Traditional Crops

Line on Agriculture
Sakata Farms Owner, Robert Sakata Jr.

Friday Feb 3rd, 2023

Contractor to Serve Time after Subjecting Migrant Farmworkers to Forced Labor

Southeast Regional Ag News
Florida's Vladimir Moreno pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit forced labor and racketeering charges.

Friday Jan 13th, 2023

Farm Labor Reform Falls Flat

Southeast Regional Ag News
AFBF President Duvall says the failed Farm Workforce Modernization Act did not do enough.

Wednesday Sep 7th, 2022

U.S. Economy Creates 315,000 Jobs in August

Southeast Regional Ag News
Labor challenges, including in agriculture, are still of much concern.

Friday Jun 3rd, 2022

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."

Monday Mar 7th, 2022

Ag Safety Awareness Program Week Underway

Southeast Regional Ag News
March 7-11 is Ag Safety Awareness Program Week. Why the safety spotlight? The latest numbers from the CDC show that in 2019, 410 farmers and farm workers died from a work-related injury resulting in a fatality rate of 19.4 deaths per 100,000 workers.