U.S. Senator Ted Budd of North Carolina and several Republican colleagues have introduced legislation aimed at stabilizing ...

The Labor Department plans to update the way it calculates the adverse effect wage rate (AEWR) used in the H-2A guest worker program, which could be good news for growers. In a court filing, the ...

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, has proposed a bill to streamline farmworker visas for migrants that harkens back to the Bracero Program of the 1940s. If ...

Farm labor scarcity is a growing challenge for farmers, particularly in light of the Trump administration’s goals for mass deportations. A new report from the University of California Giannini ...

Expand your understanding of food systems as a Civil Eats member. Enjoy unlimited access to our groundbreaking reporting, engage with experts, and connect with a community of changemakers. During a ...

The Trump administration’s sudden interest in reforms to a guest worker program for farmers is a case of the chickens coming home to roost. We've written before about the need to overhaul a visa ...

As farm labor shortages deepen across the country, the H-2A visa program has become a lifeline for growers who no longer can ...

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Securing (Re)productive Labor: State Intervention in Migrant Housing and Farmworkers' Rights -- Chapter 2. Planning Migrant Communities: The Camps' ...

Illinois farmers increasingly rely on the H-2A visa program to address severe labor shortages, but recent wage changes spark ...

Farm management analyst Kent Thiesse answers some of the farm program and crop insurance questions that have resulted from the implementation of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Some of the farm ...

Blaine Smith is a second generation orchardist who grows cherries, pears and apples in Monitor, Wash., a small unincorporated town full of orchards. He relies on both domestic employees and H-2A guest ...