By Bill Goloski Oregon Association of Nurseries U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) dramatically increased its number of worksite investigations in 2018 as compared to 2017, according to an agency press release. ICE is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Specific numbers […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association, With a degree in engineering and a farm background, the idea of starting a vertical farm had a strong appeal for Daniel Christensen. Making money on the concept, however, proved difficult. And, by the start of 2017, after a nearly two-year run, Christensen had shuttered […]

American Farm Bureau Federation The American Farm Bureau Federation is urging the Department of Labor to continue allowing farmers to satisfy their legal obligations under the H-2A guest worker program by recruiting U.S. workers through print advertisements. Currently, a farmer who wants to hire employees through the federal government’s H-2A […]

By California Farm Bureau, As the U.S. Department of Agriculture begins making payments on the second round of trade-aid funding to farmers hurt by ongoing trade disputes, California agricultural exporters and marketers assess the impact retaliatory tariffs have had on key foreign markets. China, Canada, Mexico and other nations placed […]