H-2A use continues to soar in FY 2025 as U.S. farmers face persistent labor shortages, rising costs and limited domestic ...
The H-2A foreign worker program saw another year of growth in 2025, with the number of certified positions increasing by ...
Summer may be synonymous with sand, picnics, grilling and camps, but that is not everything that happens during summer. At least, that is, during this summer. While you may have been enjoying the long ...
(WNDU) - We are entering the season of harvest, and farm owners continue to struggle. As the price of crops — including corn and soybeans — plunged, they’re now facing another challenge: labor ...
Walking orchards in the Central Valley, is something Scott Peters’ family has done for four generations. With his great grandfather settling in the fertile valley in 1933, the family has been immersed ...
Star Farms in Brighton must also pay more than $1.7 million in back wages and penalties, according to the state labor department.
Lilford could not afford a last-minute flight halfway across the world. There’s a market for lending to H-2A workers crunched for time, he said — one dominated by “people doing scams to get your ...
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Farmworkers harvest a field, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Homestead, Fla. The H-2A program has allowed foreign workers to fill agricultural jobs on a temporary basis for decades. But intense ...
Guest workers on the H-2A visa program receive no less than the Adverse Effect Wage Rate set by the federal government. (USDA photo) The Trump administration is making another run at reforming the way ...
Marco is an H-2A visa immigrant farm laborer employed by Fresh Harvest on April 28, 2020 in Salinas, California. Fresh Harvest is the one of the largest employers of people using the H-2A temporary ...
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. President Trump’s deportation of more than half a million people, along with his ending of several ...