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.
Farm Journal Media has a diverse line up of co-located events and programs as well as breakout sessions.
These 10 steps can help keep your employees from walking away.
October has not been kind for advocates for farm labor reform.
Prioritizing culture is often overlooked when it comes to employee management and retention.
Is this finally the year for immigration reform for ag employers?
Western Growers and the California Farm Bureau, citing issues important to produce growers, are pushing back on Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s AG Act, which the American Farm Bureau Federation is supporting.
The availability of livestock workers was ranked as more limited than crop workers and finding long-term help seen as more difficult than temporary help due to the seasonal nature of the ag industry.
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.
U.S. growers are losing experienced workers, and immigration and border control policies are leading to chronic labor shortages, Western Growers CEO and President Tom Nassif told members of Congress.
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.
Berry supplier Driscoll’s, Watsonville, Calif., has been recognized for its comprehensive approach to labor compliance.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has added information on how to apply for H-2A visas on the farmers.gov website.
A decline of more than 325,000 U.S. farm workers over the past five years highlights the need to brings changes to farm labor laws, according to a grower’s group.
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.
Labor is a top concern when it comes to the effects of the new coronavirus on Georgia’s produce industry — besides worker safety and customer demand.
Misionero, Gonzales, Calif., has received Equitable Food Initiative certification for its processing facility in Gonzales.
Just how vulnerable is our food supply?
Blame it on the coronavirus.
From salads to mangoes and broccoli rabe, produce companies are stressing the need to eat healthfully during the pandemic.
Recommendations on protecting agriculture workers from exposure to the coronavirus have been issued by the U.S. government.
Equitable Food Initiative, Washington, D.C., has promoted Kenton Harmer to a new position at the organization, managing director.
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.