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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, May 05, 2024
Some 16 Republican senators are calling on congressional leaders to move legislation that would freeze the adverse effect wage rate for H-2A workers at 2023 levels.
On to New Hampshire. Former President Donald Trump was the runaway winner of the Iowa Republican caucuses yesterday evening, demonstrating he maintains a strong hold on Republicans in that state and in rural areas particularly.
A bipartisan working group formed by the House Agriculture Committee to recommend possible changes to the H-2A visa program issued an interim report Tuesday that outlines a number of complaints by farmers, from rising wage rates to lengthy delays in getting approved workers into the country.
Utah Farm Bureau President Ron Gibson is facing human trafficking allegations after video surfaced online of him allegedly assaulting a worker on his dairy farm.
A federal appeals court has upheld a North Carolina law designed to make it harder for farmworker unions to enter into collective bargaining agreements with employers.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was the top story in global news throughout 2022, forcing American ag and food policy watchers to keep a close eye on the war’s implications for domestic agriculture interests and world food security.
Hundreds of agricultural organizations – including one that had stopped short of supporting a previous compromise – are pressing Senate leaders to make time for legislation that would address farm labor before adjourning for the year.
Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., says if the Farm Workforce Modernization Act can pass through Congress it will help alleviate the stress around other hot political issues.
The Biden administration will work with the United Farm Workers to develop a $65 million program broadly aimed at ensuring farms implement “robust health and safety standards” for employees and preventing unfair recruitment practices for H-2A workers.
