As Congress turns from passing a long-delayed farm bill to the next major policy fight, Republican lawmakers are signaling ...

It’s easy to ignore system update notifications on our phones. With all of the pressures on growers today—drought, regulations, port closures, supply chains to name a few—the issue of upgrading ...

As Congress revisits the nation’s agricultural safety net, Congressman Glenn “G.T.” Thompson (R-PA-15), Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, is signaling that farm labor reform will soon take ...

The American labor market is reaching a critical turning point that could tighten labor availability in rural industries and slow growth across the U.S. economy. A new quarterly report from CoBank’s ...

The Department of Labor will publish a final rule next week that increases workplace protections for temporary migrant workers in the agricultural sector. The rule has been in the works for months, ...

(The Center Square) - A new law introduced by a California congressman would raise the minimum legal age of child workers in agriculture from 12 to 17. The bill would update the original 1938 law ...

Recessions hurt. North Carolina’s headline unemployment rate hit 11.2 percent during the peak of the Great Recession in 2010. During the COVID-era Great Suppression of 2020, it briefly hit a ...

COACHELLA, Calif. (KESQ) - Local farmers and agriculture leaders gathered in Coachella Thursday to share the challenges they've been facing in the industry. From high labor costs, competition or ...

KSHB 41 reporter Ryan Gamboa covers Miami County in Kansas and Cass County in Missouri. He also covers agricultural topics. Share your story idea with Ryan. Ahead of the 2024 election, the Trump ...