Human Resources
The way you show up for your team on the farm shapes how work gets done and the kind of environment your crew experiences every day.
Putting off letting go of the wrong employee often makes problems harder to fix later.
Farmers need to be prepared to pay substantially more for their coverage in 2026, unless Congress acts now to address the impending price surge.
While 69% of farmers expect to transfer their operation to the next generation of family members, too many are misplacing their time and efforts, according to The Williams Group. The company offers 5 recommendations that can help farmers and other business owners course correct.
The fair-trade certifier has increased its Fairtrade Minimum Price across 16 banana-growing countries. These price updates were informed by stakeholder consultation and a cost of production study.
Central Washington-based grower Ostrom Mushroom Farms was fined $74,000 in civil penalties for H-2A violations, and the Department of Labor was able to recover $59,000 in back wages for workers, a news release said.
A panel of produce industry and cybersecurity experts shared key facts that produce industry leaders need to know about cybersecurity in 2023 at CPMA’s Convention and Trade Show on April 26.
Fresh produce advocates have voiced concerns over new H-2A wage rate updates, with one calling it a “fatally flawed” approach to setting adverse effect wage rates that should be “scrapped in its entirety.”
Bladimir Moreno, owner of agricultural labor company LVH, led a multistate criminal enterprise and was sentenced to 118 months in prison, according to the Department of Justice.
The Affordable and Secure Food Act was not able to secure bipartisan support in the Senate’s lame duck session.
The USDA reports farmworker wage trends from the last year, highlighting statistics that will inform H-2A wage changes for 2023.
Prioritizing culture is often overlooked when it comes to employee management and retention.
These 10 steps can help keep your employees from walking away.
Joanna Carraway is the 2013 winner of the Tomorrow’s Top Producer Horizon Award.
Restaurants closing early. Sign after sign plastered along roadsides with businesses looking for help. The hiring issue is crippling everything from manufacturing to the restaurant industry today.
“We know rural areas are different from urban areas, people are more spread out, it’s not always as easy to travel to one location that’s close to everyone to get a vaccine,” Dr. Murthy says.
Research repeatedly proves employee-referred candidates are three times more likely to be a good match for the job.
2021 is known as the “Great Resignation,” says Twyla Stevens, director of human resources at the Carthage System.
Kansas City, Kan.-based Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. has established a preferred partnership with TimeForge, a data-driven labor management software suite serving the retail grocery industry.
Now, more than ever, employee wellness is not just a human resources concern.
Meetings are an inevitable element of business, but they can be a boon or a bore, depending on how they are run.
President Biden traveled on Sunday to the U.S./Mexico border amid a surge in illegal border crossings. The administration announced a new program for up to 30,000 migrants a month to enter the U.S. legally.
After 164 migrant workers at an Ontario asparagus farm tested positive for COVID-19 about halfway through harvest season, farm leaders worked with the local health department to contain the spread.
Recommendations on protecting agriculture workers from exposure to the coronavirus have been issued by the U.S. government.
A California startup, Vinergy Inc., has equipment it says will improve vineyard efficiency by reducing a labor-intensive part of harvest — transporting grapes to the end of rows.
Three federal agencies are hosting a web seminar to update food companies on COVID-19 pandemic operating guidelines.
The California Fresh Fruit Association and California Farmworker Foundation have distributed more than 50,000 N-95 masks and single-use surgical masks to agricultural workers in the Central San Joaquin Valley.