Labor
Industry association’s 76th gathering to focus on workforce, water, and the lengths growers go for the love of ag.
This progressive grower finds management talent among its field hands, tractor drivers, and irrigators.
A survey conducted by the California Farm Bureau Federation and the University of California, Davis, highlights the issue growers face with securing ample numbers of ag workers.
The New York State Assembly voted in an amended version of the Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act, which requires farm owners to pay workers overtime wages and grants farm workers the right to unionize and collectively bargain with management.
Paul Baker, a fruit and vegetable grower as well as the Director of New York’s fruit association, raises the alarm on the unintended long-term consequences of the potential law.
Features to help growers with H-2A applications, managing loans, and more.
During the news writer’s investigation, he discovered how illogical H-2A rules can be.
A district judge ruled against a lawsuit challenging a sharp increase in the adverse effect wage rate (AEWR) in Nevada, Utah, and Colorado.
Operators find the program is among few sources of reliable, legal workers.
State senator from Seattle has proposed law angering growers who are insulted at the implied accusation of mistreatment.
We all know labor is the biggest problem most growers deal with. But why is it so tough? You told us in the 2019 State of the Vegetable Industry survey.
Lawmakers need to come up with a workable solution for undocumented immigrants who have been working here in fields for years.
Ten years ago, DOL certified 86,014 H-2A positions. Today, that figure is well above 200,000.
Corteva Agriscience conducted a study that included 4,160 respondents living in 17 countries (from both the developed and developing world) on five different continents.
Fight over whether Gerawan Farming Inc. can have a labor contract imposed on them has been decided, for now.
H-2A can help you with your seasonal employment needs. Here are a few basics to help you decide if this program is right for you.
We may live in the most prosperous and peaceful time in history, but it sure doesn’t feel that way in this 24/7 digitally connected world.
Fear not if career paths are covered in dirt. Someone’s gotta do it.
Growers embroiled in work-related troubles have made the news far too often. Here are several examples, all with recent datelines.