After USDA suspended the FLS, DOL had several options to set AEWRs for 2026 including: • Freezing AEWRs at 2025 levels or adjusting them based on changes in the Employment Cost Index • Using another ...

Demand for plant-based meat alternatives (PBMAs) is shrinking amidst new interest in carnivore diets. Makemymove lists almost 200 local governments that offer subsidies of $5,000 to $10,000 to attract ...

US net farm income is expected to increase from $130 billion in 2024 to $180 billion in 2025; government payments are expected to rise from $10 billion in 2024 to $40 billion in 2025. Crops receipts ...

Industry observers expect 10 percent of the 6,000 California wineries to close in 2025 after up to 30 percent of the wine grapes grown in 2024 and 2025 were not harvested. Over 35 percent of the wine ...

In February 2024, the UFW was certified on the basis of a card check petition to represent 640 employees at 1,400-acre Wonderful nurseries in Wasco. Wonderful contested the legality of card check and ...

In the first 100 days of his second administration, Trump took more than 100 executive actions on immigration, aiming to block the arrival of asylum seekers at the border, end temporary protected ...

A federal judge in August 2025 ordered detainees removed from the Florida state detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz because neither the federal nor state government had done sufficient ...

On August 1, 2025, President Trump imposed 35 percent tariffs on the 40 percent of Canadian goods imports that are not covered by USMCA; Trump gave Mexico 90 more days to negotiate a trade agreement ...

During the 1930s, some 1.3 million Americans from the Midwest and southwest migrated to California, which had a population of 5.7 million in 1930s. The arrival of Okies and Arkies set the stage for ...

The share of US workers who were union members fell to 10 percent in 2022, down from 20 percent in 1983. The wage and salary workforce rose by 50 percent between 1983 and 2022 while the number of ...

The H-2A program allows US farmers who anticipate shortages of seasonal workers to be certified by DOL to recruit and employ H-2A workers to fill seasonal jobs for up to 10 months. There is no cap on ...

The US imports 60 percent of the fresh fruit and 40 percent of the fresh vegetables available to US residents. Mexico is the leading supplier of fresh fruit and vegetable imports. The import share of ...