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Ron DeSantis, candidate for 2024 Republican presidential nomination and current Florida governor, joined Chip Flory on AgriTalk to share his motivation to be president and plans for agriculture if elected.

The debate over immigration continues to be an issue in Washington. However, the Ag Economists' Monthly Monitor shows economists are still skeptical it's enough for Congress to act on immigration reform.

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Jesse Larios, a California cattle farmer, shares about his deep roots in agriculture and the contributions his Latino and Latina brothers and sisters have made in the industry.

Mexican President López Obrador hosted President Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau this week to discuss everything from methane reduction to the U.S./Mexico border wall.

President Biden traveled on Sunday to the U.S./Mexico border amid a surge in illegal border crossings. The administration announced a new program for up to 30,000 migrants a month to enter the U.S. legally.

President Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador are meeting Tuesday as both face a surge in migration. They are expected to announce multiyear, joint projects to modernize border infrastructure.

The president of the American Farm Bureau Federation weighs in on immigration reform and year-round work permits, Waters of the U.S. concerns and support for the new Climate-Smart Commodities Program.

More than 60 ag groups telling the Biden Administration on Monday the nearly 7,000 South African farm workers should be exempted from restrictions related to the Omicron variant. 

AgriTalk's Chip Flory and Pro Farmer’s Jim Wiesemeyer discuss the situation at the southern border with Haitians, the latest on the battle over the infrastructure bills and more.

American Farm Bureau Federation sent a letter to the Biden administration saying the increase in undocumented immigration is severely impacting farm and ranch families, putting property and personal safety at risk.

A second bill to change the H-2A guest worker program has been introduced in the House. This version would move oversight from the Department of Labor to USDA.

The novel coronavirus delayed the arrival of seasonal immigrants who normally help harvest U.S. wheat, leaving farmers to depend on high school students, school bus drivers, laid-off oilfield workers and others.

Proposed rule to speed up hiring

The Trump administration proposed new immigration rules Monday for temporary agricultural workers that officials said would make it easier for employers to apply for the visas.

700-plus migrants cross New Mexico ranch nightly

The proposed border wall between Mexico and the United States threatens to cut through a ranch that has belonged to the Cavazos family for 250 years.

Labor scarcity and wage inflation threaten the rural economy and put additional stress on the profitability of agriculture industry according to a study by CoBank.

In any event, AG Jobs was not part of final package.

The House of Representatives rejected an immigration bill known as “the Ag Act” (H.R. 4760) on a 193-231 vote Thursday. The conservative bill, sponsored by Congressman Bob Goodlatte of Virginia.

This year, Congress has an opportunity to enact an effective agricultural guestworker program.

Growing demand for goat meat in the U.S. from ethnic minority groups and foodies has made an unlikely export superstar for Australian farmers, with exports surging to a record.

Business Lobby Risks Clash With Trump on Trade, Immigration 

Rural America turned out for President Donald Trump in the election, but as farmers get ready to hear him speak at the American Farm Bureau Federation conference on Monday, one issue looms large: a shortage of workers.

Trump sending mixed messages on program if Congress fails to act.

The Department of Labor filed a lawsuit against a farm in Arizona that underpaid and kept Mexican workers in inadequate housing.

Rural Wisconsin voters await economic revival in a part of now pro-Trump America.

Puerto Ricans could ease South Dakota dairy labor shortage

The manager of an Idaho dairy named in a human trafficking lawsuit declined to comment on the allegations Thursday, saying they hadn't yet been notified of the legal action.

Six veterinarians who say they were recruited from Mexico to work at the Idaho dairy farm as animal scientists, but were instead forced to work as laborers, milking cows and shoveling manure for about a year.

Kentucky's U.S. Senate candidates differed sharply on federal farm policies Thursday, offering the most substantive policy discussion of the campaign in a race that so far has focused more on Rand Paul's presidential aspirations and Jim Gray's tenure as mayor of the state's second-largest city.

Rally at state Capitol opposes anti-immigrant legislation. 

Areas of intense dairy production are not seeing the influx they did a decade ago.

Farmers and ranchers along the Arizona border are facing some serious challenges. That's why Buffett and groups like American Farm Bureau are calling for agricultural immigration reform along with border security.

Western United Dairymen joins the Agriculture Workforce Coalition in urging legislators to fix agriculture’s workforce problems before mandating e-Verify.

As promised, President Obama has taken “executive action” to address the question of immigration reform.

Farmers already scrambling to find workers in California — the leading U.S. grower of fruits, vegetables and nuts — fear an even greater labor shortage under President Barack Obama's executive action to block some 5 million people from deportation.

"It is imperative that Congress address this issue in 2015 and resolve it, once and for all.” --Jim Mulhern, National Milk Producers Federation

Tension builds as President Obama plans to make changes to the nation’s immigration system through a series of Executive Orders that would bypass Congress.

Tactics are causing fear and major disruptions of day-to-day operations, state lawmakers say.

Dairy group unhappy that "elected officials could not set aside partisan politics to address the dysfunctional policy" of the U.S. immigration system.

President Obama urges Republican-led U.S. House to pass changes to immigration law, focusing on an issue that may benefit his party as the flawed rollout of his health-care law hurts his popularity.

Attorney Anthony Raimondo says ramped-up immigration enforcement and more I-9 audits mean producers must protect themselves.

The nation’s largest labor federation will air at least $1 million in advertisements against House Republicans including Whip Kevin McCarthy for blocking a rewrite of U.S. immigration laws.

Speaker of the House John Boehner will not bring immigration reform to a vote until a majority of his party agrees to pass the measure.

The state’s $43.5 billion-a-year farm industry depends on a shadow workforce of undocumented Mexican immigrants that’s eroding under economic improvements back home and tighter U.S. border controls.

Applications for Farm Labor Housing assistance are due Sept. 13, 2013.

The most significant revision of immigration law in a generation, which the Senate is on track to pass today, faces resistance in the Republican-led House.

Mooney calls for immigration reform, points to lack of viable visa program for the dairy industry.

The 84-15 vote opens the measure for proposed changes.

Former deputy ag secretary Kathleen Merrigan highlights the top non-farm-bill issues that are currently impacting agriculture.