New H-2A Rules
The new H-2A Rules have been released.
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Can American Agriculture Double its Exports?
Since 1935, the United States has doubled its agricultural exports six times. The shortest time it took to double agricultural exports was the three years between 1971 and 1974. There, the Russia grain deal, coupled with a series of bad harvests around the world that significantly raised global commodity prices, caused U.S. agricultural exports to jump substantially in a short period of time. more ...
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Budget Cuts Could Put Your Food Safety at Risk
Arizona Farm Bureau Vice President Tim Dunn recently wrote an editorial about state budget cuts and Food Safety. His insights on this issue is drawn from his work on an advisory committee for the Arizona Department of Agriculture.
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AZ Vet Takes Issue with CBS Report on Animal Agriculture and Antibiotic Use
Arizona Vet Dr. McClure wrote an editorial the Arizona Farm Bureau released to the media about the CBS report on Animal Agriculture and Antibiotic use. The editorial sheds light the the bias reporting by CBS News
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Let's Eat Video Now Available
Arizona Farm Bureau, in conjunction with the Arizona Department of Agriculture and USDA, recently completed an educational video encouraging Arizona families to eat more fruits and vegetables. The Boelts family from Yuma is featured in the video
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Jan D'Atri & Arizona Ag Promote Healthy Eating in the New Year
Arizona Farm Bureau and Jan D'Atri promoted healthy eating recently on her "In the Kitchen with Jan" Radio Show on KFYI AM550. The entire show was devoted to healthy eating and healthy recipes and featured four farmers and a nutritionist. Listen below.
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Audio: 2009 Annual Meeting Speakers' Presentations Available Online!
Arizona Farm Bureau's 2009 Annual Meeting was packed with speakers and their insightful presentations. Select the links below to listen.
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Arizona Agriculture Video Tells Our Story
Arizona Farm Bureau recently updated its video "Today in Arizona Agriculture." If you are wanting an informative and colorful way to tell the Arizona agriculture story send viewers here.
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Employers: Another New I-9 Form and More!
Use of E-Verify is the law in Arizona. If you are hiring do a careful review of all links below. Remember, it is against federal law to use E-Verify on existing employees. Additionally, you cannot use E-Verify to pre-check the legal status of a new hire. You only use E-Verify once you have hired the new employee.
If you sign up for E-Verify (Basic Pilot) you must do so online here. You will be required to take an online tutorial - it can take up to two hours. You will be required to sign a Memorandum of Understanding. You must comply with all of the requirements of the I-9 process and complete an I-9 for each new hire.
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Labor Issues: When ICE or Other Government Agencies Come Knocking ...
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLC, provides careful instructions on your rights as an employer and procedures to follow when a government agency visits or calls regarding Social Security MisMatches, including how you should respond if non-governmental third parties contact you seeking information. The law firm encourages you to carefully follow certain steps in order to protect your company and your employees. The three memos below spell out procedures and processes.
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Why Does Visa Reform Remain A Priority?
The two documents below might help us understand why Visa reform remains a priority. This information is provided by ImmigrationWorksUSA
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