US Immigration in 2025 Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file January 13, 2025 The US has 50 million or almost 20 percent of the world’s 280 million international migrants, far more than ...

World Population: 8.2 to 10.3 billion Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file October 8, 2024 The UN in July 2024 projected that the world’s population of 8.2 billion would peak at 10.3 ...

Worker Protections. DOL issued a Farmworker Protection Rule effective June 28, 2024 to ensure that employers are complying with labor laws and H-2A regulations. DOL justified the new rule by citing $3 ...

The H-2A and H-2B programs admit foreign guest workers to fill seasonal farm and nonfarm jobs, respectively. The H-2 program was created in 1952 by the Immigration and Nationality Act (Public Law ...

World wine in 2022-23 Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file January 10, 2024 World wine production exceeds wine consumption, putting downward pressure on wine prices. Global wine ...

Bracero 2.0: Mexican Workers in North American Agriculture Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file January 10, 2024 Five million Mexican-born farm workers are employed on North American ...

CA Farm Employment: Growing and Less Seasonal Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file October 10, 2023 Employment in California agriculture (NAICS 11) averaged 404,000 in 2020, 10 percent ...

US Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Imports Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file October 10, 2023 The US imports 60 percent of the fresh fruit and 40 percent of the fresh vegetables available ...

H-2A Program Expands in 2023 Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file July 11, 2023 The H-2A program expanded in FY23. DOL certified 13,500 applications to fill 212,000 jobs with H-2A ...

World Bank: More Migration Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file July 11, 2023 The World Bank’s 2023 World Development Report estimated that almost 300 million people were international ...

The major reason for the US farm trade deficit is more imports of horticultural commodities, including imports of beer worth $7 billion in 2022, wine worth $7 billion, and spirits worth $12 billion.

Unions: 10% of US Workers, 1% of Farm Workers Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file April 7, 2023 The share of US workers who were union members fell to 10 percent in 2022, down from 20 ...