AmericanHort’s Craig Regelbrugge says USDA’s Farm Labor Survey results are out, and these regional gross average wages become the H-2A Adverse Effect Wage Rate.
There has been much speculation as to the root cause of the continuing labor shortages in the horticulture industry.
The global shortage of agricultural workers is not limited to jobs involving manual labor. It also extends to science and engineering-focused positions.
We cannot look at candidates the same way we did pre-pandemic. We must hire differently, be open to change, and focus on behaviors that lead to successful hires.
Need begets ingenuity as greenhouse operations change processes and find new ways to tackle labor problems, despite the complexities involved.
Bailey, Dümmen Orange, Eason Horticultural Resources, and Syngenta Flowers adjust their teams with new roles.
In its first ag labor summary of the 2021 growing season, USDA reports agriculture worker spring wages increased about a dollar an hour over 2020.
Study from Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council shows sector’s vulnerability to workforce woes hits like a pandemic.
Industry talent shortage are driving increases in cannabis salaries as well as an influx of new talent from outside industries.
The course is designed for people with no formal training or background in horticulture and will run from May 31 to June 25.
With people looking to controlled environment growers to help with food security, new trends for vertical farming are on the horizon.
As employers nationwide struggle to fill positions, many companies are trying a range of new tactics to find and keep job candidates.
Join a roundtable discussion of greenhouse industry leaders who will share what they are thinking, feeling, and doing about some of their most pressing labor problems.