American Farm Bureau analysis finds farmers in the Midwest are the most likely to be impacted by Department of Labor wage changes for H-2A seasonal farm workers.
Economist Veronica Nigh tells Brownfield H-2A positions vary significantly from state to state and new rates could now be two to three times higher depending on how paperwork was filed.
“This could potentially limit farmer’s ability to stay in business and frankly seems rather subject to the whim of individual reviewers,” she says.
