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 ...

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 ...

President Trump took office on January 20, 2025 and issued over 100 Executive Orders in his first 80 days in office to, inter alia, reduce the federal workforce, eliminate DEI programs, deport ...

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 ...

There have been many efforts to uncover the secrets to rapid economic growth. Most explanations for persisting poverty center on three factors: Geography stresses that most poor countries are in the ...

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 ...

Census of Agriculture data released in February 2024 found that US farm sales were $543 billion in 2022, including $280 billion or 52 percent from the sale of crops and $260 billion from the sale of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...