The chairs and ranking members of Congress’ ag committees said reforming the H-2A visa program is front and center for 2026.

Finding good, reliable and legal workers that you can trust with your cows or driving your sophisticated farm equipment remains a challenge from coast to coast and all parts in between. The Trump ...

High costs of owning machinery are leading more farmers to hire out custom work on their operation. Kent Thiesse gives a look at how those custom farm costs look for 2025. Hiring custom farm work like ...

“It’s unfortunately too late, but the writings on the wall for those of us who are still in this business.” One farmer grew blueberries in New Jersey. Another was a dairy farmer in Wisconsin. One was ...

Marco is an H-2A visa immigrant farm laborer employed by Fresh Harvest on April 28, 2020 in Salinas, California. Fresh Harvest is the one of the largest employers of people using the H-2A temporary ...

Whenever her family’s farming operation buys property, Rep. Anna Scharf, R-Amity, hopes the parcel doesn’t have a home on it. “The last thing I want to do is have more housing to manage,” she said. 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 ...