Livestock, Immigration Policy Among the Hot Topics at Farm Bureau Delegate Session
By Spencer Chase
AgriPulse
Members of the American Farm Bureau Federation gathered virtually Thursday to assess the changes the organization would pursue in its lengthy policy book.
On the farm labor front, California and Louisiana leaders sponsored a joint resolution adding more specificity to the organization’s policy on the H-2A program, which allows for temporary ag workers to provide seasonal labor on farms and ranches. The previous policy supported a “complete overhaul” of the program; delegates approved policy that instead supported improvements to make the program “more effective, affordable and broadened to provide visa workers for both seasonal and year-round agriculture.”