A bipartisan U.S. House Ag Committee working group has released an interim report that digs into the challenges of the H-2A guest worker program.

Co-chair Rick Crawford of Arkansas tells Brownfield the group is narrowly focused on what improvements can be made for employers and employees in agriculture.

“We really haven’t done anything substantive with regard to H-2A for about 30 years,” he says.

Lawmakers spent several months hosting panel discussions and commissioned a nationwide survey of more than 800 producers for input.

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