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USDA launches H-2A assistance program

09/22/23 5:00 AM By Jacqui Fatka

Agricultural employers can now apply for a new competitive grant program to help recruit H-2A workers and improve working conditions as part of a new pilot program launched by USDA.

The ripple effects of ag’s immigrant challenges

H-2A wage rates, regulations frustrate farmers, while H-2B cap hits other employers

08/28/23 10:39 AM By Jacqui Fatka

As farmers and companies in the food and ag sector struggle to find workers, many have increasingly turned to recruiting foreign workers through visa programs, including H-2A. Demand for H-2A workers, who can take seasonal jobs on crop or livestock operations, has been skyrocketing. Meanwhile, others in the sector are trying to use smaller visa programs, such as H-2B or J-1.

Utah Farm Bureau leader arrested, facing farmworker mistreatment allegations

08/14/23 5:08 PM By Spencer Chase and Steve Davies

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.

At Senate hearing, farmers lament rising H-2A wage rates

05/31/23 3:33 PM By Jacqui Fatka

As a result of the H-2A Department of Labor’s rising wage floor, U.S. fruit and vegetable growers find themselves again appealing for a bipartisan solution to the agricultural workforce shortage and temporary fix for the wage rate hikes.

Congress leaves ag labor needs out of omnibus spending bill

12/20/22 6:00 AM By Jacqui Fatka

Agricultural labor solutions failed to get included in the final omnibus language released Monday, leaving agricultural groups empty-handed in their search for action before the current Congress ends.

Daybreak: Oct. 7: Prop 12 backers defend case ahead of SCOTUS arguments

10/07/22 10:00 AM By Steve Davies, Bill Tomson, Noah Wicks, and Philip Brasher

A second big Supreme Court case for agriculture is coming up next week, this one involving California’s Proposition 12 requirements for animal housing.

Washington Week Ahead: Democrats face mashup of priorities; UN food summit on tap

09/19/21 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher

Congressional Democrats, who are already struggling to agree on their signature Build Back Better spending plan, face the even more immediate task of averting a government shutdown and default.

Democrats tee up massive spending, tax plan with $3.5T budget resolution

08/09/21 10:40 AM By Philip Brasher

Senate Democrats released a fiscal 2022 budget resolution that calls for $3.5 trillion in new spending, including as much as $135 billion for agriculture and child nutrition programs, funded largely by a border carbon tariff and tax increases on capital gains and high-earning individuals.

House passes ag labor bill in Democratic bid to win immigration reforms

03/18/21 7:51 PM By Philip Brasher

The House on Thursday passed the Farm Workforce Modernization Act for the second time in less than two years as Democrats look to prod the Senate into acting on immigration reforms.

Daybreak March 4: Boozman warns of cuts as Dems try to pass stimulus

03/04/21 9:13 AM By Philip Brasher, Ben Nuelle, Steve Davies, and Bill Tomson

A key Republican says the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill Democrats are pushing through the Senate will lead to automatic cuts in farm programs and other forms of federal spending. Sen. John Boozman, the top Republican on the Senate Ag Committee, is referring to the Congressional Budget Office’s determination that the legislation would trigger the budget sequestration process under the 2011 budget law.

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Sept. 22, 2023: Sen. John Boozman, Robbie Minnich and Laura Wood Peterson on farm bill, conservation funding

How to best utilize billions in conservation funding from the Inflation Reduction Act is at the heart of the farm bill debate right now on Capitol Hill, and Senate Ag Committee ranking member John Boozman of Arkansas hopes to bring many voices into the conversation. He joins Agri-Pulse Newsmakers to discuss his thoughts on that funding and other farm bill priorities.

Then, Robbie Minnich with the National Cotton Council and Laura Wood Peterson with LWP Consulting discuss the major issues facing farm bill reauthorization, including the IRA funding and the regional ag policy issues that might emerge in the process.

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