Use of H-2A Guest Farm Worker Program More Than Triples in Past Decade

Skyler Simnitt and Marcelo Castillo

Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2021, vol. 2021, issue 09

Abstract: The H-2A Temporary Agricultural Workers Program allows agricultural employers in the United States to bring in foreign farmworkers to fill seasonal labor contracts lasting less than a year. Between 2010 and 2019, H-2A positions certified by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) increased more than 220 percent. All agricultural product categories experienced significant growth in H-2A employment, but the increase was most pronounced in product categories with high labor requirements and seasonal employment, such as fruit and tree nuts and vegetables and melons.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Industrial Organization; Labor and Human Capital; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.313512

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