Germany may lose up to a third of its seasonal agricultural workers in the wake of reports that it has closed its borders with Bulgaria and Romania.

The Department of State is taking steps to reduce delays in the processing of H-2A workers caused by the COVID-19 crisis.

Senator Dianne Feinstein has added her voice to industry leaders asking for timely processing of Mexican H-2A workers needed to harvest U.S. produce crops.

Canada’s government is exempting foreign nationals who have committed to working in agriculture from COVID-19 travel bans.

Farmers who use the H-2A guest worker program are facing COVID-19-related delays in the processing and approval of those workers.

Though unlikely to get much support from Democrats, a bill from Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.), aims to establish a year-round ag guest-worker program run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The National Potato Council will host a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Feb 26 to urge the U.S. Senate to take up legislation to solve the agricultural labor crisis.

The new year brought a new way to get health care quickly for employees at Nature Fresh Farms, Leamington, Ontario — aboard a mobile health clinic.

Farm labor legislation remains on the back-burner in the Senate, but one advocate hopes to see action by March.

U.S. representative Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., whose district includes Salinas and other fresh produce growing areas, has invited a farmworker as guest to the State of the Union address.