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Late last week, the Agriculture Workforce Coalition urged the U.S. Senate to take up legislation to solve the agricultural labor crisis.  A letter penned by the coalition urges lawmakers to address the Adverse Effect Wage Rate, which increased nationally by 6% for 2020.  ...

In fiscal year 2019, the H-2A farm labor program again set a record for certified positions, the number of applications processed and approved.  American Farm Bureau Federation Economist Veronica Nigh considers the more than 258,000 certified positions in 2019 a milestone.  ...

Last week, the Labor Department officially proposed to streamline the H2-A program.  The American Farm Bureau Federation is evaluating the nearly 500-page proposal and will provide input on behalf of farmers.  Allison Crittenden, AFBF congressional relations director, said farmers and ranchers need a better guest worker program.   “...