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House Republicans are down in Florida today trying to hash out plans for the budget reconciliation process that’s critical to President Donald Trump’s spending and tax priorities. Monday evening, Trump appealed to the GOP rank and file to get unified behind the agenda.

Dairy producers are bracing to lose workers amid mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, making reforms to legal foreign worker pathways a major priority for the industry in the year ahead, International Dairy Foods Association CEO Michael Dykes said in a speech Monday.

President Trump’s pick to head the Department of Homeland Security said the new administration’s plans to deport millions of immigrants would focus first on violent criminals who are in the country illegally.

Perdue Farms and a staffing agency have reached agreements with the Labor Department over child labor violations found at the poultry giant’s Accomac, Virginia, facility.

The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general in Minnesota and Illinois on Wednesday sued farm equipment giant John Deere, accusing it of unlawfully limiting farmers’ ability to repair equipment on their own.

On Jan.7, California Citrus Mutual President and CEO Casey Creamer began hearing reports that U.S. Border Control and Protection (CBP) agents were conducting sweeps across the Bakersfield region, causing panic among the agricultural community. 

If Congress doesn’t extend or codify the 2017 tax cuts, the U.S. ag industry could shed close to 50,000 jobs amid reduced economic output, a new report says.

JBS has agreed to pay $4 million to child labor victims and organizations working to combat the practice under a deal announced by the Labor Department on Monday.

Workers on evisceration lines at poultry and swine plants are at increased risk for musculoskeletal disorders, studies released by USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service conclude.

Dockworkers and their employers announced Wednesday evening that they have reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract, averting a strike at East and Gulf Coast ports.