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President Trump’s latest move to extend the suspension of certain visas through the end of the year won’t affect the H-2A guest agricultural worker program, Richard Owen says.

Companies, trade associations and other groups continue to offer help during the COVID-19 crisis, whether it’s a program to help feed people in an uncertain economic period or helping farmworkers stay safe.

As fall apple season gears up in the orchards and packing houses, growers, shippers and marketers are concerned about the domino effects of the coronavirus on employees and productivity.

Testing of an unknown number of watermelon harvesters in three north Florida counties revealed that three out of four were positive for COVID-19, Florida health officials told industry leaders.

A free recruitment tool has been launched for U.S. growers and farm labor contractors.

More than 30 produce industry organizations are asking Congress for more resources for growers to protect their workforce against COVID-19.

Employer and worker advocate groups disagree over solutions as COVID-19 outbreaks escalate at farms and packinghouses while summer harvests kick into high gear.

A Windsor-Essex County, Canada, health official used an Ontario statute to order a farm to take workers off the job and self-isolate after at least 191 of them at a greenhouse tested positive for COVID-19.

California is looking to build on the success of the Grower Shipper Association of Central California’s quarantined housing program with an expanded statewide effort.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has updated the farmers.gov website with features designed to help growers hire workers through the H-2A program.