NEW YORK – Farm Credit East recently released a report forecasting a poor economic future for the agriculture sector if the state lowers the farmworker overtime threshold from 60 hours to 40 hours. The report concluded that a 40-hour overtime threshold will ultimately…
The Plattsburgh Press-Republican highlighted a diverse group from the agriculture community who shared their concerns, the labor needs, and economic challenges facing farmers and farmworkers should the 60-hour overtime threshold be lowered. Click Here to Read Full Story
PERU, NY – Today, coalition members from Grow NY Farms met with state officials at Rulfs Orchard to discuss the need to maintain the 60-hour overtime threshold for farmworkers. The event served as a continuation of Grow NY Farms’…
Dairy farmers in Saratoga and Washington Counties meet with their state representatives to talk about labor challenges in agriculture. This includes losing employees as farms limited overtime hours to control rising costs. Read more about the economic impact here in…
Grow NY Farms held a press conference at Torrey Farms in Elba, NY September 28, 2021 bringing together about 30 farmers, farmworkers and legislators. Farmer Maureen Torrey hosted the event where about a dozen farmers and farmworkers spoke asking that…
Farmer Bill Peck spoke to Nick Reisman of Spectrum News' Capital Tonight about the financial impact and labor challenges that will come with a lower farm labor overtime threshold. He is concerned it will also mean more food being imported…
New York farmers, farmworkers and lawmakers came together in central New York to discuss how the 60-hour overtime law works well in New York State and what a lower threshold might mean to local jobs and agriculture. Click here to…
ALBANY — Today, a coalition representing the state’s agriculture community launched its campaign to protect farms, jobs, and local food production by upholding the 60-hour overtime threshold created as a result of the 2019 Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act.…
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli released a report in 2018 on the state of agriculture and farming in New York. The report, Agriculture in New York State, is a summary of data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture,…
A recent article in the Messenger Post by Julie Sherwood highlights the latest census data for New York agriculture, which was released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in April as part of its 2017 census. The USDA conducts this…