Source: AMERICAN FARM BUREAU, 4/17/20

The American Farm Bureau Federation is urging farmers to respond to a USDA survey about farm workers’ hours and wages. The survey information is used to provide accurate measures of the farm labor force and wages paid, which affect labor program wage rates such as the Adverse Effect Wage Rate. In addition, USDA and the Department of Labor use the data to estimate the demand for and the availability of seasonal agricultural workers. The National Agricultural Statistics Service’s 2020 Agricultural Labor Survey was mailed to almost 38,000 randomly selected farms and ranches that had previously reported having paid farm labor.

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