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Lawmakers told to use stimulus to legalize farmworkers

09/24/20 10:51 AM By Brad Hooker

House Dems are using the pandemic to make the case that undocumented farmworkers get legal status.

California Dems join call for a COVID-19 rural task force

06/12/20 8:00 AM By Brad Hooker

Democratic congressmembers are advocating for more attention to rural areas in the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Deep Dive on Dairy Episode Four: Help Wanted

02/13/20 12:00 PM By Spencer Chase and Ben Nuelle

This is the fourth podcast in our five-part series examining a wide range of issues facing the dairy industry sponsored by Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative. In this episode, Spencer Chase and Ben Nuelle explore the realities of how hard it can be to secure a reliable workforce for the nation's dairy farms, what that means to the producer, and what is being done about it on Capitol Hill.

Daybreak: Push starts for ag labor reforms

10/29/19 11:34 PM By Brad Hooker

CDFA reports on antibiotic resistance * House Dems, Lighthizer expected to meet

Democrats look to farmers, workers for compromise on H-2A reforms

04/03/19 3:36 PM By Philip Brasher

House Democrats say they are sympathetic to farmers who are struggling to find sufficient labor, but a compromise on fixes to the H-2A visa program will likely require support from farmworkers.

House Democrats, White House both mull ag labor reforms

03/06/19 6:46 AM By Philip Brasher

Despite President Donald Trump’s ongoing battle with lawmakers over funding a border wall, preliminary efforts are underway both at the White House and in the House to craft immigration legislation that could address the labor shortage in agriculture.

New farmworker visa program squeaks through panel

10/25/17 5:19 PM By Philip Brasher

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2017 - The House Judiciary Committee narrowly approved a proposed new agricultural guestworker program after two days of heated debate that saw Democrats take a page from President Trump's campaign playbook and argue that the plan would undercut U.S. wages by importing low-cost labor.

Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D.

This week’s Open Mic guest is South Dakota U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson. As the lame-duck session wraps up the 116th Congress, Johnson believes a targeted COVID relief package could be approved. Johnson speaks to opportunities and challenges from the Biden Climate agenda including the Paris Climate Accord. Johnson discusses mandatory price reporting issues that will come before legislators and the PRICE Act that addresses many concerns about cattle price discovery. He says there’s still a need for nutrition reform and expects the issue to see attention in debate for the 2023 farm bill. Johnson is skeptical the new administration can bring consensus on immigration reform.

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Washington Week in Review: Nov. 20, 2020: Sen. Pat Roberts

In the same week his portrait that will hang in the Senate Ag Committee hearing room was unveiled, Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., joined Agri-Pulse to reflect on his time as chair of the committee and on lessons learned from a career in farm policy.

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