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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
Maitland, FL: Florida’s November tomato crop will be smaller than normal due to the impact of Hurricane Ian, but Florida will remain a significant supplier from [...Read More ]
Speaking Wednesday at the Florida Tomato Conference in Labelle, Florida, Michael Schadler, manager of the Florida Tomato Committee and executive vice president of the Florida Tomato Exchange, highlighted [...Read More ]
Several House Republicans are ratcheting up pressure on Senate colleagues to take action on bipartisan immigrant farmworker legislation the chamber passed last year. Republican Reps. Dan Newhouse (Wash.), Jim [...Read More ]
The Florida tomato season is in the books. We asked Michael Schadler, executive vice president of the Florida Tomato Exchange, how the season went and what are [...Read More ]
The government’s H-2A program for contracting with agricultural workers from abroad continues to expand in the first two quarters of fiscal year 2022, reports Rural Migration News [...Read More ]
U.S. field worker wages are up 9% this year, according to the latest farm labor survey by the USDA. The 28-page report said field workers in April received [...Read More ]