An agricultural lobbyist says he’s hoping for significant changes to the federal H-2A visa program for migrant workers. Mark Anderson with U.S. Custom Harvesters tells Brownfield… “The pie in the sky dream, I’d like to see a brand new foreign labor program that is administered through the USDA rather than the Department of Labor.” He […]
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President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Brooke Rollins of Texas to serve as the 33rd US Secretary of Agriculture. Rollins was
A market development agronomist at WinField United says growers should use a whole-acre approach to maximize their yield potential in the
A government program, a non-profit group, and local farmers are teaming up to help those less fortunate this Thanksgiving. Brian DeSmet,
The President of the California Poultry Federation is concerned about the speed highly pathogenic avian influenza is spreading in his state.
Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying but posted a week-to-week decline. Beans continue to monitor the generally favorable
Dec. corn closed at $4.25 and 1/2, down 1 and 1/4 centsJan. soybeans closed at $9.83 and 1/2, up 5 and
A farm labor specialist is analyzing how the USDA conducts its Farm Labor Survey and how farmers using the H-2A guest
Pictured: Wyffels Hybrids agronomy manager Eric Wilson at the 2024 NAFB Convention in Kansas City (Photo by Brent Barnett/Brownfield) An agronomy
U.S. chicken egg production saw a year-to-year decline in October. The USDA says the monthly total of 9.192 billion eggs was
