February 13, 2024 - The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the Department of Labor (DOL) published the federal register notice regarding travel subsistence reimbursement for H-2A, H-2B, and allowable charges for agricultural workers' meals...
by David Kuack With the increasing decline in the U.S. agricultural workforce, farm operators have had to look for alternative ways to continue to operate their businesses. Mechanization for some farm operators, primarily commodity crops like corn and soybeans, has...
The Department of Labor's (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification has published the 2024 H-2A Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR). The 2024 AWERs for agricultural work performed by H-2A and corresponding U.S. workers became effective January 1, 2024. Access your State...
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Office of Public Affairs DHS to Supplement H-2B Cap with Nearly 65,000 Additional Visas for Fiscal Year 2024 Increase Will Help Address the Need for Seasonal Workers and Reduce Irregular Migration WASHINGTON – November 3, 2023, the...
The federal H-2A and H-2B programs require employers to adhere to certain guidelines in order to be eligible. These guidelines are put in place to ensure fair treatment for both U.S and foreign workers. While the vast majority of H-2A and H-2B employers follow the...
USCIS Reaches H-2B Cap for First Half of FY 2024 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated cap on H-2B visas for temporary nonagricultural workers for the first half of fiscal year (FY) 2024. Oct. 11,...
Do you listen to Agriculture of America podcast? Our Vice President, Arnulfo Hinojosa joined the show recently to talk about the H-2A program! The segment starts around the 12-13 minute mark. Agriculture of America is a nationally syndicated agriculture talk show...
Update: Congress averted a shutdown with just hours to spare The Senate voted 88-9 to pass a clean continuing resolution (CR) that funds the government at current levels through Nov. 17 and gives the Biden administration $16 billion it requested to assist victims of...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced September 20, 2023 a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that will modernize and improve the H-2A temporary agricultural and H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker programs. Through this proposed rule, DHS seeks to...
As tasks became more automated, the agriculture industry saw a decades long decline in labor from 1950-1990. During that time period, the number of self-employed and family farmworkers declined from 7.60 million in 1950 to 2.01 million in 1990, a 74-percent reduction....