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Working supervisors form the communication bridge between owner and workers.

Finding workers has become the number one concern for many local farmers. Tougher immigration laws, local people gravitating to other work, and the lack of an effective guest worker program makes filling the fields with workers more difficult than it was in the past.

The DREAM Act passed by the House of Representatives yesterday does not contain AgJOBS, which suggests passage of either is unlikely.

At least three major Arizona agricultural groups aren’t pleased with the new immigration law the state passed last Friday.

Controlling variation requires that employees clearly understand the goals of the dairy.

Johannes and Anthonia Verhaar also face up to six years in prison.

Bill would have enabled unions to bypass elections by urging the majority of a grower’s workers to sign cards.

Wisconsin’s status as America’s Dairyland was built on the hard work and perseverance of generations of family farmers. This industry generates $26.5 billion in economic activity each year and is interconnected with nearly every industry sector in our state. Every dollar of dairy income delivers an additional $1.54 into local communities.

The solution to the immigrant labor crisis lies in comprehensive immigration reform, California group says.

Vermont’s congressional delegation is sponsoring companion bills to expand a visa program to allow struggling dairy farmers more access to foreign workers.