h2c

So much attention in Washington D.C. has been over the 2018 Farm Bill, and getting that piece of legislation approved and on to the President by the end of the month.  But, another important topic is waiting in the wings in D.C., and that’s addressing Ag labor needs.   R...

Now that the Labor Day holiday is behind us, lawmakers in D.C. can focus their efforts on agricultural labor.  The Ag and Legal Workforce Act of 2018, supported by Representative Dan Newhouse, the American Farm Bureau Federation, and others in the Ag community would replace the H-2A program with a new H-2C program.  ...

While House Republican leaders grapple over whether or not to hold a vote on the ag guest-worker program, Western Growers and the California Farm Bureau are strongly opposed to the bill.  Western Growers is the largest representative of the fruit and vegetable growers in the country.   ...

Last week a bipartisan group of Representatives introduced the Ag and Legal Workforce Act.  Representative Dan Newhouse said this new legislation would replace the “outdated” H2A system with a new H2C which would be available to both season and year round agriculture employers.  Newhouse added...