Illinois farmers increasingly rely on the H-2A visa program to address severe labor shortages, but recent wage changes spark debate.

By Teresa Cotsirilos for the Food and Environment Reporting Network. Broadcast version by Eric Galatas for Wyoming News ...

As farm labor shortages deepen across the country, the H-2A visa program has become a lifeline for growers who no longer can ...

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A Silicon Valley lawmaker is calling for the federal government to overturn actions that will drive down wages for seasonal ...

Farmworkers harvest a field, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Homestead, Fla. The H-2A program has allowed foreign workers to fill agricultural jobs on a temporary basis for decades. But intense ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — másLabor, the nation’s leader in legal seasonal workforce solutions through the H-2A and H-2B visa programs, announced it will host a complimentary H-2A Compliance Seminar for ...

The same day as new Adverse Effect Wage Rates were announced for farmworkers across the country, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security also issued a new rule aimed at streamlining the filing ...

Marco is an H-2A visa immigrant farm laborer employed by Fresh Harvest on April 28, 2020 in Salinas, California. Fresh Harvest is the one of the largest employers of people using the H-2A temporary ...

A Silicon Valley lawmaker is calling for the federal government to overturn actions that will drive down wages for seasonal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Local workers I’ve interviewed in Washington state in the past year say they don’t blame H-2A workers for coming to work on farms; ...