Human Resources
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.
Pushing trade goals and hearing about labor woes from mushroom growers, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue came to Kennett Square, Pa., and participated in an industry discussion on May 30.
Cathy Burns encouraged suppliers, importers and buyers at the 50th Nogales Produce Convention to take a close look at the Produce Industry Ethical Charter on Responsible Labor Practices and consider endorsing it.
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.
California growers continue to face labor shortages, according to a new survey.
Starting Jan. 1, the Wonderful Company, Los Angeles, Calif., said it will raise its minimum wage to $15 per hour for full-time California employees.
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.
Here is some additional perspective on the new health-care measure.
Reducing complexity is a simple, yet profound way to reduce stress and increase profits on your farming operation.
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.
Working with attorneys and other labor professionals can help agricultural employers avoid fines and heightened liability, experts say.
Here are practical ways producer decision-makers can recruit talented future leaders for their operations—and learn and apply their unique experiences and talents, says Merck Animal Health’s Shannon Kellner.
While you may be used to summer’s sizzling temperatures, your team could face serious danger.
Paying a “living wage” is different than the set minimum wage in your area, and can be determined using this Living Wage Calculator, created by Amy Glasmeier, an MIT professor.
Amid a labor shortage across all employment levels, we risk losing the skills, talents and perspectives of 51% of our population when we don’t tailor our produce companies and roles to women’s needs today.
How to develop a “Code of Conduct” to guide your interactions with job applicants.
The National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health released on Tuesday will cover everything from a congressional push for $15 per hour minimum wage to research in soil management impacts on human health.
Former deputy ag secretary Kathleen Merrigan highlights the top non-farm-bill issues that are currently impacting agriculture.
Apple growers from across the country participated in the U.S. Apple Association’s Capitol Hill Day, meeting with more than 100 legislative offices on trade, labor and farm bill issues.