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Ag Labor Solutions Pt 2 Tuesday Jan 19th, 2021 With today’s Fruit Grower Report, I’m Bob Larson. Ag groups are ready to take on Congress in the new year with a list of industry needs, topped in one form or another by ag labor reforms. AmericanHort Senior Vice President Craig Regelbrugge, speaking at the Potato Expo, said they’ll be taking another run at the Farm Workforce Modernization Act … REGELBRUGGE … “That all said, I mean, I think many of us are disappointed that we were not able to make progress last year after the House passed the landmark bill. I think that we ...

Ag Labor Solutions Pt 1 Monday Jan 18th, 2021 With today’s Fruit Grower Report, I’m Bob Larson. With a new administration and a shuffling of Congressional numbers to deal with, ag groups are preparing for another face off. Speaking recently at the Potato Expo, AmericanHort’s Craig Regelbrugge said priorities begin with a continued push for upgrades to our ag labor rules that began back in the 90s … REGELBRUGGE … “And they did so when the agricultural sector had tried to sort of get its own way on what we thought H-2A should look like. And, the farmworker advocates simil...

Capital Region businesses hurting after migrant work programs stopped FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Rachel Boisvert of HURB Landscaping gives a tour of her facility on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in Colonie, N.Y. As COVID-19 halted international travel for many and dwindled down an already limiting immigration system, a number of local businesses, including HURB Landscaping, have suffered financially because they weren't able to bring their usual migrant workers on H2B visas. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 2of6 Rachel Boisvert of HURB Landscaping gives a...

I'm on my way to meet the crew i'll be picking with tomorrow. after my lesson with carlos and pascual, i'm feeling pretty confident. luckily for me, i'm a good foot and a half taller than carlos and pascual. i have a little bit of reach. i might be able to get those real hard-to-reach oranges. >> the workers i'm picking with are all here legally and temporarily. h-2a visas require the employer to provide housing and transportation for the guest workers, so workers have virtually no expenses while they're here. they send most of the money they make straight back to mexico. and when the picking ...

Taking these jobs. immigrant laborers. there's mainly two ways that farms and citrus groves find workers. one way is the h-2a guest worker visa program, a sort of stopgap measure designed to get immigrant workers in the field without granting them permanent residency. it's neither a path to citizenship nor particularly popular with the agriculture industry. so that leaves undocumented immigrants. after surviving a dangerous border crossing, they take whatever jobs they can find and generally live life in the shadows to avoid being deported. most see the risk as the only way to make a better li...