As the president’s immigration policies squeeze an already tight supply of farm labor, the Trump administration is making it cheaper to hire foreign farmworkers.

Agricultural employers and workers throughout the North Bay say ongoing federal immigration enforcement actions are severely affecting their ability to earn a living.

The U.S. agricultural industry depends on undocumented immigrants, but President Trump’s immigration crackdown is further depleting an already tight workforce. The labor crisis may be setting the ...

In a tacit admission that U.S. food production requires foreign labor, the Trump administration is making it easier for farmers to employ guest workers from other countries. At the same time, U.S.

Federal immigration enforcement has not had a significant impact on California food production, though anxieties stirred by the threat of raids have resulted in indirect labor losses and forced ...

A report from UC Santa Cruz and a local nonprofit reveals that farm workers in Monterey County struggle with low wages and ...

Amy Tisdale and her husband, Wyatt Barnes, farm 25 acres of vegetables at Red Wagon Farm that are sold directly to consumers ...

When minimum wages were first established in the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), agricultural workers were exempt. Over time, amendments to the rule brought groups of farmworkers under minimum ...

Three people are facing federal charges for allegedly trafficking Mexican agricultural workers into forced labor on a farm in Northampton County, among additional farms in other states.

Competing bills setting the overtime threshold for farmworkers have split legislators at the Colorado state Capitol, with one group saying a law passed in 2021 has harmed, rather than helped, farming ...

Two themes are emerging from this year’s slate of agriculture proposals at the statehouse. Several bills wade into the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo courtesy of Oregon State University) A proposed law would give Washington’s agricultural workers a formal process to engage ...