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The Agribusiness Update
California pistachio growers are searching for potential emerging markets to handle expected record-shattering crops, and the March WASDE Report looks very similar to February’s numbers with the U.S. corn outlook unchanged.
The Agribusiness Update
The Georgia Peanut Commission is holding a referendum through April 8 so peanut producers can vote on reaffirming the commission, and the March WASDE Report looks very similar to February’s numbers with the U.S. corn outlook unchanged.
California Ag Today
Many in the ag industry are concerned about the guestworker visa program. Washington Policy Center’s Ag Director Pam Lewison says many believe H-2A workers take jobs that would otherwise be filled by locals, but that’s now how H-2A works.
Southeast Regional Ag News
The Agriculture Labor Working Group released its final report on how to improve the H-2A guest worker program.
Farm of the Future
In today’s agriculture, technology needs to be developed based on sound science and commercial need.
Fruit Grower Report
Proposed changes to the H-2A Visa program, from the Departments of Labor and Homeland Security, could make life much more challenging for growers across the country.
Fruit Grower Report
Proposed changes to the H-2A Visa program, from the Departments of Labor and Homeland Security, could make life much more challenging for growers across the country.
Farm of the Future
Finding qualified farm labor is a challenge everywhere in agriculture, but some are hesitant to figure out the H2A process.
Farm of the Future
Will ag tech outgrow the need for human labor? CEO of másLabor Edward Silva doesn’t believe so.
Farm of the Future
With a lack of a reliable farm workforce, many American operations have turned to H-2A employees to fill the needs of their businesses.
The Agribusiness Update
With farm labor costs increasing, growers continue to look to automation to do jobs traditionally done by people, and John Deere announced it entered into an agreement with SpaceX to provide cutting-edge satellite communications service to farmers.
Fruit Grower Report
It seems BUY LOCAL, or at least American, gets a lot of lip service these days, but Washington Raspberry Commission director Henry Bierlink tells us why it's a good idea.
Farm of the Future
As reliable ag labor becomes more challenging to find, autonomy is where some progressive farmers are looking to next.
Fruit Grower Report
It seems BUY LOCAL, or at least American, gets a lot of lip service these days, but Washington Raspberry Commission director Henry Bierlink tells us why it's a good idea.
The Agribusiness Update
Geopolitical factors, elections, and other surprises await the agricultural economy in 2024, and Italy is first country to ban cultivated meat, grown from stem cells.
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
A couple of new rules for protecting farm workers that both employers and employees should be aware of.
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
A couple of new rules for protecting farm workers that both employers and employees should be aware of.
The Agribusiness Update
The USDA’s latest Farm Labor Report is out, showing how much AEWR shot up in Georgia, and new legal action would require the EPA to immediately suspend and cancel glyphosate.
Fruit Grower Report
The USDA says farmers who hire H-2A laborers next year will be paying higher wages, and in some cases, the increase is large.
The Agribusiness Update
There were 32,000 workers hired directly by farms in the
Southeast Region during the week of October 8-1, and an Economic Research Service report shows the full impact of African Swine Fever in China.
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