Under new federal rules, farmers can pay workers with H-2A visas nearly $2 an hour less than they have earned.

On Nov. 21, 18 workers including an Oxnard strawberry farm worker, the union and its foundation filed suit over new federal ...

A Trump administration overhaul of wage standards for farmworkers on seasonal work visas should be set aside because it harms ...

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 ...

YUMA, AZ (AZFamily) — Roughly 40% of crop farmworkers in the United States are believed to be undocumented immigrants, according to USDA estimates. A mass deportation of those workers could leave ...

Meeting labor needs is one of the most significant challenges facing agriculture today. Chad Smith has perspective on the issue from a North Carolina farmer. Smith: As the cost to grow food continues ...

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 ...

The US agricultural sector—especially farms producing labor-intensive crops such as fruits, vegetables, and horticultural products—relies on unauthorized immigrants to perform many seasonal and ...

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 ...

FILE - A salt farm owner walks around his salt farm on Sinui Island, South Korea, Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) SEOUL. South Korea (AP) — The United States has blocked imports of sea ...

SEOUL. South Korea — The United States has blocked imports of sea salt products from a major South Korean salt farm accused of using slave labor, becoming the first trade partner to take punitive ...