April 5, 2023
At the end of March, the Department of Labor’s new formula for H-2A wages, the Adverse Effect Wage Rate or AEWR, took effect. Now farm families [...Read More ]
April 3, 2023
The labor situation facing specialty crop growers in the U.S. can be illustrated with a single number: 371,619. That’s the number of H-2A temporary visas certified [...Read More ]
March 10, 2023
Though Paul J. DiMare Sr. started his produce career at the family’s wholesale operation in Boston, he made his biggest mark in the Florida tomato industry, [...Read More ]
March 7, 2023
Technology has automated the simplest task in agriculture — driving a tractor. But it hasn’t just replicated the ability of a human, it has improved the [...Read More ]
February 9, 2023
The value of U.S. imports of fresh produce increased at a double-digit pace in 2022, with volume growing at a moderate pace. The USDA reported fresh [...Read More ]
December 30, 2022
DiMare, who served on the University of Miami Board of Trustees for 18 years, became the largest grower of fresh-market tomatoes in the nation, earning the [...Read More ]
November 29, 2022
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service bi-annual Farm Labor Survey results released on Nov. 23 reveal a “critical need for ag labor reform to stabilize wages,” said [...Read More ]
October 26, 2022
Lipman Family Farms has named Elyse Lipman as CEO. Lipman, a fourth-generation Lipman family member, will succeed Kent Shoemaker, who led the Immokalee, Fla.-based company for [...Read More ]
October 25, 2022
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced it will pursue avenues to assist the Southeast seasonal produce industry in coordination with the USDA after members of Congress [...Read More ]