Source: FARM BUREAU, 2/7/18



The Department of Labor provides updates quarterly on the number of applications it receives and the number of positions requested through the H-2A program. DOL recently released data from the first quarter of FY2018, which looked a lot like the first quarter of 2017 – except that demand increased 15 percent year on year. This continues a multi-year trend of significant year-over-year growth that has averaged 16 percent since 2012.

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