Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins cheerfully predicted that the Trump immigration policy would soon remake the U.S.
Walking orchards in the Central Valley, is something Scott Peters’ family has done for four generations. With his great grandfather settling in the fertile valley in 1933, the family has been immersed ...
Labor challenges continue to force farmers and ranchers to look outside the U.S. for employees. Chad Smith has a firsthand account from an Oregon farmer. Smith: Finding enough labor is a key concern ...
Dubbed the "Grow it Here" campaign, the initiative is focused on the need for policy reform within the agriculture industry.
photo credit: Mark Stebnicki, North Carolina Farm Bureau; used with permission. A district court has overturned a burdensome aspect of a 2023 labor rule, which is good news for farmers and ranchers.
TIOGA COUNTY, Pa. — As House Agriculture Chair G.T. Thompson prepares to introduce legislation aimed at easing the farm labor crisis, farmers in the Pennsylvania Republican’s district are hoping he’s ...
A century ago, orchards were the primary source of income for Parker Flamm’s grandfather and many others in Cobden, a 1,000-person town in southern Illinois. Today, Flamm Orchards is one of the last ...
Hundreds of employees are losing jobs at a grape nursery owned by Wonderful Co., one of the state’s biggest agricultural operations. The company says it is unrelated to a contentious battle by the ...
Imagine a farm in 2050. It's summer and solar radiation and humidity are peaking. Fruit picking machines hum and cooling mist sprays overhead. In the haze, a robot stands among the rows of fruit. It ...