With David Andrews' retirement, Iowa Farmers Union taps Matt Russell as interim director
The Iowa Farmers Union taps Matt Russell, former state chief of the USDA Farm Service Agency, as interim director, replacing ...
‘We cannot feed ourselves as a country’: Northwest agriculture could be in jeopardy if mass deportations happen, farm groups warn
Washington State Dairy Federation Executive Director Dan Wood doesn’t carry around papers proving his citizenship in America.
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Farmworkers feed the country, but who protects them from wildfire smoke?
Thousands of farmworkers labored in fields in Ventura County, Calif. in late January in wildfire smoke. They have little to ...
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EPA workers receive emails warning their employment could be terminated
The EPA emails come after the Office of Personnel Management sent a mass email to federal workers Tuesday night telling them if they resign now, they would be paid through September 30 even though ...
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Claims about 75% of farmworkers missing work amid Trump immigration crackdown are misleading
President Donald Trump has promised mass deportations of people who are living in the U.S. illegally as part of his crackdown on immigration. “75% of immigrant farm workers didn’t show up ...
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Claims about 75% of farmworkers missing work amid Trump immigration crackdown are misleading
United Farm Workers (UFW) has disputed that the statistic applied to all farms in the area, with a spokesperson telling VERIFY the labor union believes it is “false” or “at the very least is something ...