Bipartisan legislation that would provide legal status for certain undocumented immigrants amid the Trump administration’s ongoing immigration enforcement activities has been introduced.
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The Tomato Suspension Agreement has officially ended.
On July 14, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced it was withdrawing from and terminating the 2019 agreement suspending the antidumping dut...
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The National Council of Agricultural Employers (NCAE) is urging the USDA to investigate allegations of farmworker union abuse and, if warranted, issue a report and refer the matter for criminal prosec...
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The USDA launched its National Farm Security Action Plan on July 8 during a cabinet-level event aimed at barring China and other “foreign adversaries” from acquiring U.S. farmland, signaling a new...
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For the first time, the Mexican immigrant population in the U.S. has started to decline, creating new labor supply pressures for industries that rely on immigrant employees.
In a Michigan Sta...
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Along with other increasing input costs, growers are being slammed with double-digit increases in Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWR) rates.
This year, the combined national average field and li...
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