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UPDATE: As Washington debates immigrant labor, Wisconsin dairy workers could benefit

WASHINGTON — Disruptions to the country’s food supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic have refocused attention on the key role that migrant workers play in U.S. agriculture, and legislation currently stalled...

Year-round pork production needs year-round labor

As anyone in the pork industry knows, there is no pork season. U.S. pork production is a full-time, year-round effort. It requires a hardworking and dedicated workforce on our farms and in processing plants. Unfortunately, we are suffering from a...

DBA, Edge Dairy Farmers Cooperative: Dairy Stream podcast – H-2A visas and Farm Workforce Modernization Act

The newest episode of the Dairy Stream podcast focuses on the proposed Farm Workforce Modernization Act, which would provide a year-round option to include employees in livestock agricultu...

Agricultural Employers May Face Large Changes in Workers’ Pay and Documentation

The Farm Workforce Modernization Act may soon present employers with big changes in how they handle undocumented workers. This bill was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in March to expand the H-2A Visa Pro...

Labor Sec says they're working on H2A

The U.S. Labor Secretary says his agency is working on improvements in immigrant labor. Secretary Martin Walsh tells Brownfield Ag News, “The H-1B and H-2B visas, it’s all new work to me but we ARE focused on it because I’ve had many conversations with Congr...

Congressmen Push to Open Up H-2A Visas

If it holds through Congress, an amendment added to a House appropriations bill could expand the ability to bring in agricultural guest workers for employment on farms.

Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, and Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., got language added to the ...

NPPC asks for H-2A visa program changes at Senate hearing

WASHINGTON – Jen Sorenson, president of the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on July 21 to discuss the labor shortage at many processing plants.

Sorenson asked the committee to c...

Ag Labor Reform Hearing to Address H-2A Visa Program

The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on ag labor reform on Wed., July 21. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) says the seasonal H-2A Visa program will be under review. National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) president Jen Sorenson, commu...

Migrant workers fill labor shortage

NORWALK — There's a lot of concern and confusion surrounding a potential migrant housing project in Norwalk.

In the fall, Norwalk is expecting about 300 H-2A certified migrant workers to arrive and begin living on Cline Street. H-2A is a term used for this ty...