Unemployed military veterans in the Valley could be taking on a new mission under a program aimed at helping them find jobs in agriculture. The program, called Ag Warriors, is patterned after similar ...

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One stereotype about undocumented workers in the U.S. is that they occupy agricultural jobs that could be filled by Americans in need of work. The United Farm Workers (UFW) of America labor union is ...

Editor's note: This is the first installment of a five-part series, "The Great Farm and Food Talent Search," exploring the challenges and opportunities facing the agriculture and food sectors when it ...

Agriculture companies are looking for people who are interested in science, and hiring managers are increasingly looking for people who don’t have traditional ag backgrounds. Jobs in agriculture don’t ...

Common sense suggests that workers without unemployment insurance will often grab the first job that comes their way, even if the new job is low-paying or not a good career match. Now, a North ...

The TN visa program, also known as NAFTA Professional Workers, is a temporary worker program created in 1994 under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that was grandfathered into the ...

In three weeks, Dave Mathison will pay 150 people to pick his 40 acres of cherries growing in a Finley orchard. The harvest season only lasts about 10 days, so Mathison must have his workers lined up ...