Farm Workforce Modernization Act

On Wednesday, Ted Yoho officially introduced his Labor Certainty for Food Security Act. What makes this guest worker bill different than the Farm Workforce Modernization Act? The Florida Republican noted his legislation, separates the politically “toxic” Ag guest worker and immigration issues. “It ...

Members of the Ag Community and the House of Representatives will hold a press conference Wednesday, asking the Senate to address the Ag Labor Shortage.  And one of the pieces of legislation that looks to address the Ag Labor Crisis is the bipartisan Farm Workforce Modernization Act.  ...

On Wednesday, leaders from the potato and apple industries will call on the Senate to pass Ag labor reform.  During this week’s press conference, members of the farm community and of the House of Representatives will ask the Senate to vote on legislation addressing the Ag Labor crisis.  Specific...

Now that the Impeachment Trial is over in Washington D.C., lawmakers can focus on the day to day tasks that make the country run, and Central Washington’s Dan Newhouse is hopeful Ag issues will move to center stage.  Newhouse said one of his top priorities is working with colleagues in the Senate to get the Farm Workforce Modernization Act passed.  He said ...

Many in the Ag community are hopeful lawmakers will address the labor shortage facing farm country.  In response, the House last month passed the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, which supporters will benefit not only growers and farmers, but workers as well.  Be...

The Farm Workforce Modernization Act makes several needed changes to farm labor provisions, but according to the American Farm Bureau Federation, comes up short of delivering what farmers need.   “Farmers need a wage methodology out of labor reform that allows them to compete against imports coming in from Central and South America where growers there can grow, ship and sell produce to be sold on

Several agricultural groups and organizations reacted positively to the news that the House of Representatives voted in favor of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act.   The National Farmers Union says the bill is the product of negotiations between a diverse array of agricultural stakeholders and farmworker advocates.  “O...

The last time major changes were made to Ag labor laws in the U.S., the New York Mets were the World Series champions.  Dan Newhouse is hopeful that 33-year drought comes to an end thanks to the Farm Workforce Modernization Act he and Zoe Lofgren introduced a few months ago.  ...

The American Farm Bureau Federation says farm labor reforms advanced recently by the House Judiciary Committee need more work before it’s ready for passage.  AFBF President Zippy Duvall said Farm Workforce Modernization Act “falls short of a long-term solution to farm labor shortages,” which he noted is one of the biggest challenges facing the industry today.   “We’re contin...

Representative Ted Yoho, a Florida Republican, is working on an agricultural guest worker reform bill, he calls the Agricultural Guest worker Proposal.  He said his legislation differs from the Farm Workforce Modernization Act recently introduced by Central Washington’s Dan Newhouse and California’s Zoe Lofgren.   Yoho sa...