Farmers and ranchers need a more efficient program for supplying labor. Chad Smith has a firsthand account from an Alabama grower. Smith: Difficulty finding adequate labor is a common challenge for ...

On questions of whether farm program payments like the Farm Bridge Assistance that is forthcoming are necessary, Kent Thiesse ...

McALLEN — U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz filed legislation Monday that would revamp a temporary worker program to help ease farm labor shortages largely provoked by the Trump administration’s ramped-up ...

Walking orchards in the Central Valley, is something Scott Peters’ family has done for four generations. With his great grandfather settling in the fertile valley in 1933, the family has been immersed ...

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, has proposed a bill to streamline farmworker visas for migrants that harkens back to the Bracero Program of the 1940s. If ...

It was a relief for a generational family farm – growing apples, cherries, peaches and more in the southwest corner of Michigan – when it landed a federal grant last year. Schilling Family Farms and ...

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, has proposed a bill to streamline farmworker visas for migrants that harkens back to the Bracero Program of the 1940s. If ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. President Trump’s deportation of more than half a million people, along with his ending of several ...

The county is dedicating $2 million toward establishing and upgrading affordable housing units on unincorporated land for low-income farm workers through a relaunched interest-free loan program, the ...