Precision agriculture in the digital era: recent adoption on US farms

J McFadden, E Njuki, T Griffin - 2023 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
Digital agriculture (DA)—the ongoing transformation of farming that includes digitalization
and automation of farming tasks, of which precision agriculture (PA) is a chief element—may …

Potential impacts of a pandemic on the US farm labor market

D Charlton, M Castillo - Applied Economic Perspectives and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
An outbreak of COVID‐19 among farmworkers could have significant impacts on the
workers, agricultural producers, and the consumers. Farmers are implementing new labor …

Little To No Correlation Found Between Immigrant Entry And COVID-19 Infection Rates In The United States: Study examines the correlation between immigrant entry …

J Nwadiuko, AV Bustamante - Health Affairs, 2022 - healthaffairs.org
The relationship between immigrant entry and COVID-19 spread in the United States has
driven much political discussion and policy, including the implementation of Title 42 by the …

Housing booms and H‐2A agricultural guest worker employment

M Castillo, D Charlton - American Journal of Agricultural …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This paper examines the effects of changes in housing demand on H‐2A employment within
commuting zones from 2001 to 2017. Agricultural employers who demonstrate that no …

Protracted dependence and unstable relations: Agrarian questions in the H-2A visa program1

LA Minkoff-Zern, MJ Dudley, A Zoodsma, B Walia… - Journal of rural …, 2022 - Elsevier
Drawing on US Department of Labor data and a qualitative case study of New York state
horticultural growers, this article explores farmers' experiences with the H-2A agricultural …

The H-2A temporary agricultural workers program in 2020

M Castillo, P Martin, Z Rutledge - 2022 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
The H-2A program allows US agricultural employers who anticipate labor shortages to be
certified by the US Department of Labor (DOL) to employ guest workers. Over the last …

Supplement to adjusting to higher labor costs in selected US fresh fruit and vegetable industries: Case Studies

L Calvin, P Martin, S Simnitt - 2022 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
This supplement includes several case studies to reinforce the more general discussion
contained in Adjusting to Higher Labor Costs in Selected US Fresh Fruit and Vegetable …

Enhancing detection of labor violations in the agricultural sector: A multilevel generalized linear regression model of H-2A violation counts

A Jafari, P De Azevedo Drummond, S Bhimani… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Agricultural workers are essential to the supply chain for our daily food, and yet, many face
harmful work conditions, including garnished wages, and other labor violations. Workers on …

Farm Labor, Human Capital, and Agricultural Productivity in the United States

SL Wang, RA Hoppe, T Hertz, S Xu - 2022 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
Farm Labor, Human Capital, and Agricultural Productivity in the United States Page 1 Give
to AgEcon Search The World’s Largest Open Access Agricultural & Applied Economics …

Adjusting to Higher Labor Costs in Selected US Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Industries

L Calvin, P Martin, S Simnitt - 2022 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
This report examines how US producers of selected labor-intensive fresh fruit and
vegetables are addressing the rising costs of labor. Farm labor costs increased from 2010 …