Farm labor

TOPEKA — Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas criticized a plan by President Joe Biden’s administration to strengthen enforcement protocols and worker rights for those enrolled in a federal visa program that is increasingly used to fill labor shortages in American agriculture. The Biden administration’s proposed reform, according to Marshall, a Republican member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee,

The summertime harvest of Palisade peaches, Olathe sweet corn, and Rocky Ford melons will soon be enjoyed by Coloradans. However, the producers of such produce have a significant challenge. There simply aren’t enough employees. According to David Harold of the Tuxedo Corn Company in Olathe, “I cannot find domestic workers who want to work seasonally at any price.” On their

According to remarks made by attendees at a symposium on soybeans, American farmers anticipate that new technologies will increase productivity on their fields in the upcoming years, but they are concerned about labor availability. Farmers predicted that technical advancements, such as improved soil sampling tools and soy and corn seeds, will lead to increased agricultural yields in the upcoming growing

The labor force in agriculture is declining and has been for some time. According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, there are around 2.4 million farm positions that need to be filled each year, yet the number of workers is drastically decreasing. The shortages are caused by several factors. According to the agriculture bureau, immigrants from South America and Mexico