AFBF: New H-2A Wage Rate Rule Important Step in Reform

Farmers Welcome Changes to H-2A Guest Worker Program - Alabama Farmers Federation

Growers who depend on temporary guest workers for farm labor are praising recent developments related to the federal H-2A program. Shelby County farmer Phillip Hunter chairs the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Ag Labor Issue Advisory Committee. He said a late summer decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to discontinue the Farm Labor Survey (FLS) is a step toward stability for the essential program. So is the Department of Labor…

AFBF: New H-2A Wage Rate Rule Important Step in Reform

A new wage rate rule for agricultural guestworkers takes a much-needed step towards reforming regulations that have put labor out of reach for many of America’s farmers. The Department of Labor announced its new Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States. The new rule revises agriculture wage rates for all 50 states and Puerto Rico. “Farm Bureau tha…