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Vermont officials, including the three members of the state’s congressional delegation, said Monday they are asking federal authorities to clarify their immigration priorities following the arrests last week of three advocates for farmworkers.
As President Donald Trump touts job creation for Americans as a top priority, his son’s Virginia winery is seeking permission to hire foreign workers to cultivate its grapes.
In just minutes, shifting and moving grain can take a life. Take steps before you enter a grain bin to ensure you have the proper safety equipment and know how to use it.
Too many farmers take costly shortcuts when adding employees. Here are some blunders to avoid.
School’s out (or soon to be out), and young people in your community may be soon asking for a summer job. It’s a great opportunity for a young person to learn more about agriculture, according to Chris Zoller, Extension educator with The Ohio State University. But that’s not all.
Handling grain can be a risky business. According to Nationwide, workers compensation claims from grain elevators has doubled in the past seven years. Meantime, far too many workers are trained on outdated VHS tapes. But now – there’s an app for that.
Mark Baker doesn’t mess around when it comes to teaching volunteer firefighters how to rescue someone trapped in a grain bin. Even when it’s a carefully controlled situation.
Growers and industry leaders are praising the Trump administration’s plan to overhaul the H-2A guest worker program, changing the way wages are determined and streamlining other parts.
UPDATED: The U.S. and Guatemala are pursuing a program to boost H-2A workers from that country, in an effort to stem what the Department of Homeland Security calls irregular migration patterns.
NEW YORK — Some of the state’s fresh produce industry leaders say the proposed New York Farm Laborer Fair Labor Practices Act will hurt the agricultural industry, but they are relieved for a bit of compromise.
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue is scheduled to speak at the United Fresh Produce Association’s Washington Conference.
A two-year study of the Equitable Food Initiative’s workforce development program found benefits to both companies and employees.
Seeking wage relief for U.S. growers using foreign guest workers, the National Council of Agricultural Employers still wants the U.S. Department of Labor to determine if U.S. workers are hurt by the H-2A program.
Though unlikely to get much support from Democrats, a bill from Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.), aims to establish a year-round ag guest-worker program run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The status of the 2021 H-2A program wage rates is up in the air again.
Fresh produce grower groups and industry associations are praising the reintroduction of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, H.R. 1537.
As Central California vegetable growers wait for harvest to increase seasonally, the biggest issue at hand is getting their workers vaccinated as they enter year two of the COVID-19 pandemic.
United Fresh’s Reimagine Conversations panelists share these creative strategies in recruiting, onboarding and retaining post-harvest workers in several different sectors of the produce industry.
The National Potato Council (NPC) today participated in an agriculture industry roundtable discussion with U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
Heat and extreme drought are causing orchards and farm workers to change their schedule in order to beat the heat. NOAA says last month was officially the hottest June on record, as heat continues to blast the West.
The Department of Labor has published a long-expected final rule that the agency said will modernize the H-2A guest agricultural worker program.
Bronx, N.Y.-based Hunts Point Produce Market labor union workers are on strike over a wage dispute.
President Joe Biden plans to introduce ambitious immigration reform legislation on his first day in office that seeks to legalize millions of undocumented workers.
Research links some of the losses that fruit and vegetable growers suffered because of COVID-19 pandemic to labor shortages caused by the number of infections among farmworkers.
U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., Rep. Linda Sánchez, D-Calif., have introduced the bicameral U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021.
One woman stands out in Carolyn Fairman’s memory of Cierto’s early days.
With recent reports of delays in the processing of H-2A workers and continuing concerns about farm labor shortages, The Packer seeking input on labor conditions from industry suppliers.
The National Grocers Association has sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging his administration to advance policies that encourage unemployed Americans to seek work.
Though the produce life is never without its problems, operators have had more to worry about after the COVID-19 pandemic.