US agriculture is a 50/50 industry, meaning that half of farm sales are from crops and half are the sale of animal products. California agriculture is a 70/30 state, meaning that 70 percent of farm ...

The H-2A program allows US employers who anticipate shortages of seasonal farm workers to be certified by DOL to recruit and employ H-2A workers to fill seasonal farm jobs for up to 10 months. DOL ...

Economic development often decreases the supply of seasonal farm workers faster than the demand for such workers, leading to complaints of farm labor shortages. Most countries richer than their ...

Net farm income is expected to increase in 2025 despite low corn and soybean prices due to more government payments. During Trump 1.0, government payments to farmers increased to compensate them for ...

The US has 50 million or almost 20 percent of the world’s 280 million international migrants, far more than Germany (16 million), Saudi Arabia (13 million), and Russia (12 million). The US admits over ...

The UN in July 2024 projected that the world’s population of 8.2 billion would peak at 10.3 billion in 2084 and decline to 10.2 billion by 2100. When the world’s population peaks in 60 years, the UN ...

The H-2A program allows US farm employers who anticipate shortages of seasonal workers to request that DOL certify their need for H-2A guest workers to fill seasonal farm jobs. DOL certifies farm ...

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 production exceeds wine consumption, putting downward pressure on wine prices. Global wine production was 258 million hectoliters or 6.9 billion gallons in 2022, while global wine ...

Many small island nations offer golden passports that grant citizenship in exchange for donations or investments of $100,000 to $1 million. Many industrial countries including the US offer investors ...

Five million Mexican-born farm workers are employed on North American farms sometime during a typical year, including 50,000 in Canada, three million in Mexico, and two million in the US. Most Mexican ...

Employment in California agriculture (NAICS 11) averaged 404,000 in 2020, 10 percent more than average agricultural employment of 367,000 in 1990. Seasonality, as measured by the peak-trough ratio or ...