With industry advocates hopeful of committee approval, the Agriculture Workforce Act was being considered Oct. 24 by the House Judiciary Committee.

Pasadena, Calif.-based Sun Pacific has upgraded three packing lines in its Maricopa Cuties packing facility to Compac’s Spectrim platform.

CORRECTED: Trying to eliminate some of the uncertainty in the labor market, more Northwest fruit growers are using guest agricultural workers supplied through the H-2A program.

Statistics from the U.S. Department of Agriculture show that Mexico by far is the most important supplier of fresh produce to the U.S., accounting for 69% of U.S. fresh vegetable import value and 37% of U.S. fresh fruit