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State Department acts to accelerate H-2A approvals

03/26/20 8:13 PM By Philip Brasher

The State Department agreed to accelerate approvals of H-2A farm workers by waiving interviews for many applicants, a move welcomed by agricultural groups who feared that embassy cutbacks amid the COVID-19 pandemic would leave farms without needed labor.

House passes H-2A expansion over broad GOP opposition

12/11/19 6:17 PM By Philip Brasher

The Democratic-controlled House approved a bill Wednesday to expand the H-2A visa program to year-round farmworkers and provide growers relief from wage hikes, but the broad GOP opposition underscored the challenge of getting Congress to address the agricultural labor squeeze.

Washington Week Ahead: Congress faces long December wish list

12/01/19 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher

Lawmakers return from the Thanksgiving break with a long to-do list important to agriculture that includes keeping the government funded and potentially debating the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, all of which is competing for attention with the House impeachment battle.

Farms could face mandatory E-Verify, but current users say it’s flawed

11/20/19 6:30 AM By Fran Howard

Farmers nationwide could be forced sometime soon to start ensuring the eligibility of all new employees using the federal E-Verify system, which current agricultural users say is so flawed that many undocumented applicants can easily get around.

Landmark ag labor bill would legalize workers, ease H-2A rules

10/30/19 4:30 PM By Philip Brasher

A bipartisan farm labor reform bill released Wednesday would expand the H-2A program to year-round workers and provide farms relief on wage rates, while offering legal status to existing agricultural workers who are undocumented.

States driving a stampede of minimum wage hikes

07/12/17 6:50 AM By Ed Maixner

WASHINGTON, July 12, 2017 - States are leaving the U.S. minimum wage rate in the dust as they lift their own wage floors, lock in further hikes across the next several years and hit a lot of farm and ranch operating budgets in the process.

Frank Gasperini, National Council of Agricultural Employers

Provision in Trump travel order worries farmers

03/15/17 8:00 AM By Philip Brasher

WASHINGTON, Mar. 15, 2017 - A little-noticed provision in President Trump’s revised executive order barring residents of some predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States could make it harder for farmers and ranchers to get legal foreign workers on a timely basis.

Judge OKs farmworker wage settlement in Washington

03/13/17 7:05 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, Mar. 15, 2017 - Mercer Canyons, a winery and diversified farming operation in Washington state’s Horse Heaven Hills, has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a class-action suit involving more than 600 Yakima Valley farmworkers.

Deputy Secretary Steve Censky

This week’s Open Mic guest is USDA Deputy Secretary Steve Censky. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a number of challenges for the food production system in the nation. Censky speaks to the industry’s response to the crisis and the strength of the agriculture industry to respond to consumer needs. He says school nutrition is a top priority for the department and discusses the challenge to shift perishable foods into retail food channels as well as food banks across the country. He also addresses agriculture’s labor needs and cooperation between government agencies to see an adequate workforce in the nation as well as USDA efforts to assist young and beginning farmers.

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Agri-Pulse, Aimpoint survey examines farm country election opinions and industry priorities

Agri-Pulse and Aimpoint collaborated on a survey to take a look at what farmers think about the upcoming election and the current status of the farm economy. In this video, Spencer Chase talks with Agri-Pulse publisher Sara Wyant and Aimpoint CEO Brett Sciotto discuss what the survey showed and what they think the numbers mean.

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