farm labor

Understanding farm worker pay is no simple task; it’s a complex puzzle that leaves many scratching their heads.

As federal wage regulations shift, local growers are on high alert. The implications for our community’s agriculture are worth exploring.

Rick Naerebout of the Idaho Dairymen's Association has a stark message for us: the future of our food supply depends on solutions to today’s immigrant labor crisis.

A fresh approach to farm labor could be on the horizon, potentially changing the game for local producers.

Rising labor expenses are pushing some farmers to their limits, and the impacts are rippling through rural towns.

With a tight window for tax credits and labor concerns on the table, the agricultural landscape is anything but simple right now.

The Washington legislative session is just a few days old, but lawmakers in Olympia already have farm country nervous.

Farmer and rancher delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 107th annual convention adopted several policies to guide the organization’s work in the new year.

Perhaps Congress is recognizing the many challenges farm country is facing today.

In late September, the U.S. Department of Labor announced it was lowering the H-2A Adverse Effect Wage Rate, better known as AEWR.