Under new federal rules, farmers can pay workers with H-2A visas nearly $2 an hour less than they have earned.
A Trump administration overhaul of wage standards for farmworkers on seasonal work visas should be set aside because it harms ...
Farmers and ranchers need a more efficient program for supplying labor. Chad Smith has a firsthand account from an Alabama grower. Smith: Difficulty finding adequate labor is a common challenge for ...
The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau said House Ag Chair G.T. Thompson (R-Pa.) will likely introduce legislation that includes a ...
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, has proposed a bill to streamline farmworker visas for migrants that harkens back to the Bracero Program of the 1940s. If ...
A new Labor Department rule that makes it cheaper for farmers to hire foreign guest workers illegally drives down wages for U.S. citizen farmworkers, the union said.
U.S. farms increasingly depend on foreign workers, but ICE raids have exacerbated the agriculture labor crisis. But some farmers want to make it easier to hire people from abroad using a visa program.
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, has proposed a bill to streamline farmworker visas for migrants that harkens back to the Bracero Program of the 1940s. If ...
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. President Trump’s deportation of more than half a million people, along with his ending of several ...
It was a relief for a generational family farm – growing apples, cherries, peaches and more in the southwest corner of Michigan – when it landed a federal grant last year. Schilling Family Farms and ...
Migrant workers are in the U.S. legally under the H-2A visa, a federal program that allows foreign nationals to do temporary ...