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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, April 28, 2024
A federal heat standard that would give breaks to farmworkers so they can cool down when temperatures reach “heightened levels” is among recommendations for Congress advanced by a bipartisan working group of House Agriculture Committee members tasked with examining ways to address ag’s labor shortage.
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai will be arriving in New Delhi Saturday for bilateral talks with Indian trade officials as the government there continues its controversial ban on rice exports.
With record-breaking temperatures continuing nationwide, the Labor Department has issued its first-ever hazard alert for heat and plans to step up enforcement in agriculture and construction, which are considered high-risk industries.
At least 83 people were injured — sometimes fatally — working in grain bins, livestock waste handling facilities, cotton module builders and other confined spaces last year, a nearly 41% increase over 2021, according to a new Purdue University report.
House Democrats advanced bills that would expand child nutrition assistance and require the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue rules for protecting workers from excessive heat.
Meatpacking companies coordinated extensively with USDA officials and others in the Trump administration to keep their plants running in 2020 despite the growing risk of coronavirus to their workers, according to a congressional report that is based on internal industry documents.
Farm groups and ag labor advocates are keeping a close eye on pending rulemaking that would add federal rulemaking to the conversation surrounding the health of workers in hot conditions across the country.
The Supreme Court wrestled with the question Friday of whether the Occupational Safety and Health Administration can require employees at businesses of 100 or more employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing.
The House ventures into the debate over livestock pricing this week, taking up a bill that would require USDA to compile data on cattle contracts, while congressional Democratic leaders try to find a way to raise the debt ceiling and finalize a Senate deal on their Build Back Better plan.
