{"id":70177,"date":"2021-03-19T17:06:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T17:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/?p=70177"},"modified":"2021-03-19T17:12:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T17:12:45","slug":"ag-workforce-passes-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/ag-workforce-passes-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Ag Workforce Passes House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-70178\" src=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/agworkforce-300x173.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/agworkforce-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/agworkforce.png 755w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>The National Grange appreciates action by the House of Representatives to pass the bipartisan Farm Workforce Modernization Act by a vote of 247-174. \u201cThis action will go a long way toward relieving the ag labor shortage on our farms and ranches,\u201d said National Grange president Betsy Huber.\u00a0 \u201cNow we have to work on the Senate.\u201d The bill, H.R. 1603, sponsored by Zoe Lofgren, D-CA. and Dan Newhouse, R-WA., for the first time allows 20,000 year-round visas per year, provides for numbers to increase or decrease depending on demand,\u00a0 includes provisions to help farms renovate or build housing,\u00a0 streamlines the H-2A application process and caps wage rates\u00a0increases\u00a0at 3.5% for nine years.\u00a0\u00a0Existing undocumented farmworkers\u00a0can get temporary legal status if they\u2019ve worked in agriculture at least 180 days over the last two years.\u00a0 Farmworkers can also earn a green card by paying a fine and continuing to work on farms for an additional period of time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The National Grange appreciates action by the House of Representatives to pass the bipartisan Farm Workforce Modernization Act by a vote of 247-174. \u201cThis action will go a long way toward relieving the ag labor shortage on our farms and ranches,\u201d said National Grange president Betsy Huber.\u00a0 \u201cNow we have to work on the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/ag-workforce-passes-house\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ag Workforce Passes House&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-grange-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - 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