Although Donald Trump’s Department of Labor announced in April 2025 that “Trump’s Golden Age puts American workers first,” ...

American agriculture relies on foreign workers, and that workforce is already stretched thin. With Trump’s immigration crackdown set to expand next year, some farmers fear that workers will be even ...

A study from Michigan State University found that when domestic farm employment declines by 10%, food prices of ...

Farmers say H-2A program costs are pushing many of them out of business and lowering wages is a need. Union says that would be a "wealth transfer." ...

In September, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued an interim final rule that effectively bars most ...

A class-action lawsuit filed in Alameda County seeks to block California's Jan. 5 cancellation of nearly 20,000 commercial ...

We asked each Wisconsin Watch reporter to pick a favorite story written by another colleague on staff. Here were their picks.

As the domestic labor pool in rural communities dries up, WFBF and other stakeholders are racing to modernize immigration ...

For the Daily Yonder and Public News Service, this is the news from rural America. Farm workers advocates are condemning Trump administration cuts to required wage rates for agricultural workers, both ...

Longtime readers of this column know at year’s end I pick what I believe is the top agricultural story. But 2025 is different. The top ag story isn’t singular, but rather deals with the contentious ...

Only a few dozen farms participate in the Fair Food Program, a potential solution to decades of shrinking governmental oversight coupled with insufficient state and federal protections, and the reason ...