Kelli Milligan Stammen - Sept. 30, 2020
Finding enough workers to get fields planted and crops harvested is one of the biggest challenges many farmers face from season to season. Often farmers turn to the federal H-2A Temporary Agricultural Employment of Foreign Workers program to bring in…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - April 1, 2020
There have been many developments over the last several weeks regarding the H-2A program which threaten to cause disruption to agriculture, including the closure of consulates in Mexico, border closures throughout South America and a national lockdown in South Africa…
Amy Beth Graves - June 29, 2017Over the years Tom Demaline has seen his share of bureaucratic red tape with the government’s H-2A guest worker program. As president of Willoway Nurseries Inc. in Avon, he relies on a legal immigrant workforce. The Lorain County Farm Bureau…
Lynn Snyder - Dec. 9, 2016
Farmers who provide temporary housing to migrant workers will have some new rules to comply with in 2017. Leah Curtis, Farm Bureau’s director of agricultural law, reminds farmers to check the details when the Department of Health sends your application…
