…delivered here today by Kansas dairy farmer Lynda Foster. In a field hearing Thursday on the campus of Kansas State University, Foster told members of the Senate Agriculture Committee that…
East Coast Dock Workers Starting Contract Negotiation Early
…before the current contract, agreed to in 2013, is set to expire in September of 2018. Talks first began in 2015, after labor negotiations at west coast seaports forced a…
Immigration Crackdown Making Farm Labor Nervous
Recent government raids targeting undocumented immigrants in the U.S. are causing distress through the agriculture labor sector. Agriculture is heavily dependent on foreign workers and recent arrests made in at…
Midweek Valentine’s a Boon for Growers
…lot of heat, a lot of labor, a lot of chemicals.” Even so, there may still be a future for the California-grown rose. “There is a trend back toward garden…
Agri View: Political Winds
…likely be involved in changes that regulate migrant labor. It is too soon to know what changes we can expect but agriculture officials have already made it known that there…
Net Farm Income Expected to Dip further in 2017
…by 13.1 percent. Labor costs are also forecast to rise 5.4 percent in 2017. Farm asset values are forecast to decline by 1.1 percent in 2017, and farm debt is…
Soy Growers Defend Soymilk
…soymilk-based products, under the premise that the term “milk” is misleading to consumers. In a letter to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Monday, the groups said the…
NCBA Cattle Industry Convention Underway
…on labor in the United States. Bruett said: “It’s very difficult to find someone to work in a packing plant.” He detailed how a majority of the JBS USA packing…
Report Shows Crop Insurance Saved 21,000 Jobs in 2012 Drought
…history of the crop insurance program, says crop insurance helped cover the 2012 drought shortfall and saved 20,900 jobs across Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming, with an annual labor…
Agri View: Hard Choices
Everett Griner talks about why farmers are facing hard choices for their upcoming crops in today’s Agri View. Hard Choices You know not everybody stops to think that we would…
Refugee Regulations Could Squeeze U.S. Meatpackers Labor Pool
…in rural America could face labor shortages. The executive order suspended the refugee program four months and would cut the number of refugees allowed into the United States in half…
40 Percent of Farms Managed by Multiple Operators
New data released last week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows nearly 40 percent of all U.S. farms are managed by more than one operator. USDA’s Economic Research Service…
Bill Would Move H2A Program to USDA
…legislation is sponsored by New York Republicans Elise Stefanik and Chris Collins and would move the H2A immigration program from the Department of Labor to the Department of Agriculture. Stefanik…
TPP is Out; So Now What?
…to start on building individual relationships with countries, and it’s up to farmers to remind the new administration how important agricultural trade is. President Trump officially withdrew the United States…