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Austin McClister with the Oregon Farm Bureau says proposed changes to the H-2A program are good news for the state’s struggling Ag industry.

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

The Department of Labor recently announced it would continue processing H-2A applications; despite its strengths, H-2A doesn’t work for all producers.

The U.S. Labor Department’s updated shutdown plan confirms that the Office of Foreign Labor Certification will resume processing H-2A applications during the lapse in appropriations.

Last week, the Department of Labor published an Interim Final Rule, better known as an IFR, revising the methodology for determining the H-2A Adverse Effect Wage Rate.

The Trump administration is making another run at reforming the way H-2A minimum wage rates for farmworkers are set

Specialty crop growers scored, what many have called "a significant win" last week when the USDA announced its intention to discontinue the Farm Labor Survey.

After winning his new Alberta riding by-election last month, Canadian Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre will now return to the floor of Parliament in mid-September.

What changes to the H-2A program would the tree fruit industry like to see? We put that question before Jon DeVaney of the Washington State Tree Fruit Association.

Finding enough labor is a key concern for U.S. agriculture, especially in the fruit and vegetable sector.