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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...

Dairy labor shortages fuel push for Securing Ag Workforce Act in Congress

A policy advisor for the American Dairy Coalition says there’s still hope the bipartisan Securing Ag Workforce Act can pass through Congress by the end of the year.   “We’ve really...

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...

Reducing Employment Growth

One of the explanations for the “new normal” in employment growth is not deficient aggregate demand, but deficient labor force growth. The  NYT article “Employers Fear Labor Shorta...

Employers fear labor shortage as many immigrants lose protected status

Around Washington, Salvadoran-born crews have helped renovate, rebuild and maintain the Capitol, the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery. In senior living facilities in Florid...

Ministry scheme targets labor shortages

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...

Republican lawmakers urge Secretaries to fix H-2A guest worker program delays, structural barriers

Some Congressional Republicans are requesting the Trump administration make direct improvements to the H-2A guest worker program. Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi...

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.

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.

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...

Agriculture under threat from pause on working holiday visas

The Federal Government has paused the processing of Working Holiday Maker visas from 24 countries, a move that threatens agriculture and regional communities according to industry...

Court ruling on H-2A farmworker wages could boost support for Ag Workforce Act

A federal judge in California has ruled the Department of Labor’s new farmworker wage rules are unlawful and need to be rewritten. John Hollay with the National Council of Agricult...

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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.

This automation tech turns old tractors into self-driving farming machines

Show me a farmer, said Mike Burdick, vice president of Sabanto, an autonomous tractor startup in Itasca, Illinois, and I’ll show you someone who has a million things he or she just...

Can Germany still attract foreign workers as skilled labour shortages spike?

A shrinking population, retiring baby boomers and falling immigration are combining to deepen Germany's labour crisis. Eastern states in particular face big gaps, just as far-right...

Immigration cuts could deepen U.S. eldercare shortage

Lower immigration could leave the U.S. with millions fewer workers as an aging population drives growing demand for healthcare and eldercare. The post Immigration cuts could deepen...

The U.S. labor market may soon face a new crisis: Too few workers

A severe labor shortage is set to emerge over the next decade amid a wave of baby boomer retirements and a shrinking younger workforce.

Employers Fear Labor Shortage as Many Immigrants Lose Protected Status

A recent Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for the Trump administration to end a humanitarian program that has allowed about one million immigrants to work legally in the U.S.

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...

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

The post How the Government’s Obligation to Keep Foreign Workers Safe Collided With Its Efforts to Keep Farms Afloat appeared first on ProPublica.

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...

August 6, 2026

Taylor Farms faces scrutiny over labor practices; Bipartisan labor bill gains momentum.