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The H2A visa program has long helped fruit and vegetable farms bring in seasonal workers, but dairy farmers and fish hatcheries have been left out — a new bill wants to change that.

The apple orchards are facing a tough season ahead, with oversupply and costs climbing faster than the trees can grow.

Fresh apple stocks may be down this year, but processing numbers are hitting new highs.

Washington leads the way in apple storage, but the trends are shifting. Fresh apples are feeling the pinch, while processors are celebrating.

Fresh apple holdings have taken a dip, but processing apples are booming. We have a state-by-state breakdown and more.

USApple is out with the January numbers of fresh-market and processing apples; which shows a mixed bag.

According to USApple the first report of fresh and processing apples in storage is incomplete, thanks to the government shutdown.

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.

According to the latest numbers from USApple, growers expected 2025 to be another high performing year. Total apple production for the 2025/26 crop year is forecast at 11.7 billion pounds, or 278.5 million bushels

According to USApple, as of June 1st, fresh apple holdings totaled 39.8 million bushels, a 2% drop from last year’s numbers, but a 22% increase from the June five-year average.  When it comes to processing apple holdings, there were 14.6 million bushe...