Labor
Ag employers feel the pinch from E-Verify, state reforms
If you weren't familiar with E-Verify before, you're probably familiar with it now. E-Verify is an Internet-based system that compares information from an employee's I-9 form to data from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security... more »
Monitoring peach and nectarine ripening
Ripeness guidelines are presented here to help Michigan growers, packers, shippers and marketers deliver high quality peaches and nectarines. The key factors are fruit firmness, fruit size, shape and skin color. Generally, the ripening sequence... more »
Better lives for Mexicans cut allure of going north
The extraordinary Mexican migration that delivered millions of illegal immigrants to the United States over the past 30 years has sputtered to a trickle, and research points to a surprising cause: unheralded changes in Mexico... more »
Mid-summer leaf samples for nutrient analysis
As shoots grow and leaves age, nutrient concentrations change. Mid-summer is the standard time to sample because levels of most nutrients are relatively stable and are most easy to interpret by comparing them to known... more »
Georgia farmers to seek study of losses tied to labor shortages
Georgia’s agricultural industry is preparing to commission a study of the financial losses it suffered this year as a result of severe labor shortages some fruit and vegetable growers have tied to the state’s new... more »
USDA launches new online resource to help get products to market
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) launched an online resource today that makes it easier than ever for small and mid-sized producers to find markets for their products.With the new Food Hub Web page, producers, buyers,... more »
Farm labor crisis looms
Farming is a business of action. The cows need milking, the farmer makes sure they get milked now, not later. The crops need harvesting, the farmer gets out there and harvests them now, not later.... more »
Pear farmer David Elliot Jr. passes
David J. Elliot Jr., a Courtland farmer and patriarch of a family business that has raised Bartlett pears in the Sacramento River Delta for six generations, died Sunday of complications related to pneumonia and kidney... more »
USDA adapts to changing labor landscape
A USDA official says the rural landscape is changing with fewer farmers owning the land, and hired workers needing special housing. Stan Gruszynski, State Director of Wisconsin Rural Development Programs, says they are focusing on... more »
NASS resumes ag labor survey
In July, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will resume its Agricultural Labor Survey after the U.S. Department of Labor agreed to pay its costs. NASS suspended the survey in April due to budget constraints.The... more »
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