California Agriculture and Farm Labor Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file April 29, 2025 California leads the US in farm sales, and has led since 1950 when Los Angeles was the leading ...

Farm Guest Worker Programs Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file April 29, 2025 Economic development often decreases the supply of seasonal farm workers faster than the demand for such ...

Miami-Dade county has an estimated 60,000 farm, construction and other outdoor workers, prompting worker advocacy groups to urge county commissioners to establish heat-safety standards that require ...

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 ...

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 ...

Golden Passports and Mobility Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file January 10, 2024 Many small island nations offer golden passports that grant citizenship in exchange for donations or ...

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 ...

Beer. Alcoholic beverages are included with horticultural imports, and they are worth $26 billion a year, about the same as fresh fruit and vegetable imports. Mexico is the world’s leading exporter of ...

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 ...