Despite barriers to using the H-2A temporary agricultural visa program, farmers are increasingly turning to the program to ...
Continued agriculture workforce shortages threaten farmers’ ability to grow the food families rely on. Many labor challenges ...
American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...
American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented on President Trump’s executive order to lift countervailing ...
H-2A labor certifications have increased by more than 25% since 2021, and the program is on pace to grow again this year.
Smith: The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, negotiated during the first Trump administration, has officially entered its ...
Rising supply costs tied to the conflict in the Middle East are adding strain to an already challenging farm economy. To better understand how global fertilizer market disruptions are affecting ...
photo credit: Mark Stebnicki, North Carolina Farm Bureau; used with permission. America’s farmers face a labor crisis. Chad ...
No discussion of agriculture’s pioneers would be complete without Dr. Norman Borlaug, widely recognized as the “Father of the Green Revolution.” In the 1960s, Borlaug, an agronomist, led a team that ...
My dad got me involved in Farm Bureau by encouraging me to get outside my fencerows and get involved in policymaking. The president of the American Farm Bureau Federation shares insights on the issues ...
John Walt Boatright joined the American Farm Bureau Federation in 2022 as director of government affairs. His work focuses on advancing AFBF’s policy priorities with Congress, federal agencies and key ...