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How the Government’s Obligation to Keep Foreign Workers Safe Collided With Its Efforts to Keep Farms Afloat

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To Live and Die as a Colorado Farmworker

On August 20th 2025, six workers died from toxic gas exposure at a dairy farm called Prospect Valley Dairy in... The post To Live and Die as a Colorado Farmworker appeared first on...

Why Farmworkers Can No Longer Afford to Live Where They Work

August 24, 2026 | Source: Straight Arrow News | by Patrick Cooley Connecticut farmer Will O’Meara faces a host of challenges. Finding affordable property with fertile soil and bat...

Survey: Widespread Impact on U.S. Farm Workers by Immigration Policy

Some 92% said that raids and deportations have affected their employment, while 61% said they are shopping less, and 29% say they are not seeking medical attention.

There Are No Ag ‘Jobs Americans Won’t Do’ If They Earn A Living Wage

Pro-amnesty Republicans are allowing the agriculture industry to shut out American workers in favor of foreign migrants.

Episcopal Farmworker Ministry calls for aid as government decreases H-2A workers’ wages

[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal Farmworker Ministry, a ministry in the Diocese of East Carolina based in Dunn, is calling for aid to help serve H-2A farmworkers after the federa...

EB-2 NIW for Agricultural Engineers, Agronomists, and Food Scientists: Why Your Field Is Now a National Priority

On June 25, 2026, the Trump Administration formally identified regenerative agriculture, farm resilience, and food security as priorities for federal policy and action. Executive O...

As Temperatures Get Hotter, Pesticides Are More Dangerous to Farmworkers

August 18, 2026 | Source: ars Technica | by Amy Green For the nation’s 2.4 million farmworkers, climate change is poised to exacerbate the harms of pesticides, a growing body of r...

Summit to help farmworkers

July 10th marked the one-year anniversary of the Glasshouse Raids, when federal agents and National Guard troops descended on hundreds of farmworkers, clashed with protesters in th...

Calls to Congress for ag labor reform intensify

In this Managing for Profit, policy advisor Sherry Bunting with the American Dairy Coalition discusses the need for the bipartisan Securing Ag Workforce Act to support farms with l...

Kentucky farmers say H2A workers are vital — but the program needs reform

Larry Clark remembers plowing tobacco with a mule on the same Green County land where he still farms today.

New survey reveals fears of US farm workers amid Trump’s immigration raids

Vast majority of farm workers say raids and deportations have affected their jobs and 61% report shopping lessSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Farm workers in the...

Agri-worker numbers down nearly 4,000 year-on-year

The number of people working in the agri-sector in Ireland fell by 3.6%, or 3,900 year-on-year, according to the latest data. Figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO...

Who’s most at risk in the cyclospora outbreak? The farmworkers on the front lines.

An expert on migrant farmworker health describes how this population has been blamed and put at risk, but seldom understood.

Canada Is Exploiting Migrant Agricultural Workers

Caribbean laborers report rat-infested rooms and abusive bosses.

Cal/OSHA’s Agriculture Focus- Common Citations and How to Prevent Them [Podcast]

Farmers Struggle to Get Basic Services From Depleted Agriculture Dept.

After the departure of thousands of federal workers, rural communities report problems obtaining loans, grants, technical assistance and support for infrastructure and other servic...

Yuma ranks high in H2-A and H2-B visa workers, supporting the local ag industry

Yuma has the sixth highest reliance on H2-A and H2-B visa workers in the nation. According to the University of Arizona, Yuma generates $4.4 billion in agriculture revenue per year...

A rare opportunity to ensure farmers have the labor we need

There’s no waiting when cantaloupes are ready to harvest. These perishable fruits can go from unripe to unsellable in just a few days’ time. The post A rare opportunity to ensure f...

Supporters say securing ag workforce act modernizes H-2A program without amnesty

A divide is growing over farm labor reforms under consideration in Congress. National Potato Council CEO Kam Quarles tells Brownfield the bipartisan Securing Ag Workforce Act does...

This Labor Day, Stand With Immigrant Workers

When the workplace rights of immigrant workers are protected, all workers are protected Healthcare. Caregiving. Farmwork. Construction. Hospitality. None of these industries could...

September 1, 2026

California legislature passes a bill banning AI workplace surveillance of workers' emotional states; Labor Department repeals decades-old farmworker protection rules; Sixth Circuit...

The bipartisan farm bill that also grows amnesty

A new House bill will grant amnesty to illegal aliens — if they've picked enough fruit.H.R. 9535, the "Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act," was introduced at the end of last mont...

Industry Ag News 7/17

The Sunbelt Ag Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year state winners have been announced for 2026. AgCareers is calling on agriculture and food employers across the United States to h...