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House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson says he’s concerned that a year-long extension of the 2018 farm bill will wind up delaying the Senate’s work a new farm bill.

Pumpkin growers in Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado faced challenges this year due to water shortages and extreme heat, exacerbated by climate change. Some lost over 20% of their expected yields, while others left land bare due to water allotments and rising electricity costs for irrigation. The scarcity of groundwater, slow replenishment of aquifers, and declining rainfall due to climate change continue to burden farmers in the arid West, influencing their crop choices.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., says he still intends to get a farm bill through the House this year, despite the ongoing turmoil in the chamber.

The move could significantly impact labor standards in the agricultural sector.

Lawmakers are inching ever closer to a government shutdown. It’s true that Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year, is still two weeks away, but House conservatives continue to play hardball with Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.

SUNNYSIDE, Wash. - As stated in a news brief from the US Department of Labor, Ostrom Mushroom Farms failed to pay farmworkers their required wage rate and failed to provide

House Republican leaders continued to struggle Wednesday to get the party support they need to bring up the fiscal 2024 spending bill for USDA and FDA.

AFBF President Duvall says the failed Farm Workforce Modernization Act did not do enough.

Recently released H-2A program data reveals some interesting impacts of the global COVID-19 pandemic. For the first time since the Department of Labor began reporting quarterly data in 2013, the number of certified positions declined in the fourth quarter (July 1 – Sept. 30) of fiscal year 2020. However, the number of certified positions in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 (Oct. 1 – Dec. 31) climbed by nearly 20%, suggesting that while the  pandemic has shifted the pattern of ...