A court decision could come as soon as early February on a motion for a preliminary injunction against the Department of Labor’s 2019 wage rates for foreign agricultural guest workers.

U. S, District Court Judge Timothy Kelly has turned away a lawsuit brought by the National Council of Agricultural Employers (NCAE) against the U. S. Department of Labor.

Berry supplier Driscoll’s, Watsonville, Calif., has been recognized for its comprehensive approach to labor compliance.

U.S. growers are losing experienced workers as they retire from the workforce, and immigration and border control policies are leading to chronic labor shortages, Western Growers CEO and President Tom Nassif told members of Congress.

As growers in California’s Salinas Valley turn more and more to the H-2A temporary worker program to harvest their crops, new farmworker housing projects are springing up to support that trend.

California growers continue to face labor shortages, according to a new survey.