Demand for ag labor through the H-2A temporary visa program in Illinois and the nation continues to rise. During fiscal year 2025, 559 more positions were certified in Illinois over fiscal 2024, ...

Proposed legislation threatens immigrant labor crucial to agriculture, construction, and hospitality, risking billions in ...

Our ag producers are in a tenuous situation,” Amanda Laban, the markets division director for the Colorado Department of ...

When those expectations are never clearly explained, performance conversations and eventual terminations can feel unfair on ...

Non-farm payrolls rose 130,000 in January, beating expectations and marking a sharp acceleration from December.

January payrolls were up a solid +130k, with November and December reflecting only modest downward revisions of -15k and -2k, ...

What is being described as “reform” in Washington will only make the abuse and wage theft that plague the program even worse.

New “Planting Justice” movement calls on plant retailers and growers to sign a legally binding contract to protect workers ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Lawmakers will vote on a House bill to extend minimum wage requirements to farm workers in the state, an effort that has been vetoed twice since 2024. Del. Adele McClure, D-Arlington, ...

Retrofit kits transform conventional tractors into autonomous machines, offering affordable automation for farms.

For many farm jobs, the more likely replacements for immigrant workers are robots. And if a robot can't do it, those crops ...