Farmers and ranchers need a more efficient program for supplying labor. Chad Smith has a firsthand account from an Alabama grower. Smith: Difficulty finding adequate labor is a common challenge for ...
MU Extension’s efforts began with a bilingual survey of about 260 TN visa workers in major hog-producing states. Missouri ...
On questions of whether farm program payments like the Farm Bridge Assistance that is forthcoming are necessary, Kent Thiesse ...
McALLEN — U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz filed legislation Monday that would revamp a temporary worker program to help ease farm labor shortages largely provoked by the Trump administration’s ramped-up ...
HEISKELL, Tenn. — A pause on federal funds for a program designed to ease worker shortages on farms could put the businesses at risk of closing. The United States Department of Agriculture's Farm ...
Looking ahead to the new year, the reliance on human capital will only intensify. The conversation within the dairy community ...
The county is dedicating $2 million toward establishing and upgrading affordable housing units on unincorporated land for low-income farm workers through a relaunched interest-free loan program, the ...