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Immigration reform is at the point where most in Washington expect it to be one of the few major issues lawmakers deal with.

Farmers need to document standard operating procedures.

Here are some helpful resources and an outline for the content of an employee handbook.

Every day more farmers realize the value of an employee handbook.

If finding good employees is a challenge for your farming enterprise, consider what one agribusiness recruiter says is a wave of the future: freelance farmers.

For the first time, four generations are involved on the farm.

Working with attorneys and other labor professionals can help agricultural employers avoid fines and heightened liability, experts say.

Farmers can run into trouble by improperly classifying workers, which might lead to additional scrutiny by auditors and then fines.

Mark and Jeff Nelson have reeled in and landed an unlikely new opportunity on their grain and hog operation in Webster City, Iowa: fish farming.

Farmers are self-employed by nature, yet many rely on a team on a daily basis.