Farmers could see major changes to labor costs under a new proposal from the Trump Administration that aims to revise the H-2A visa program for agricultural workers.
The proposed rule would update how workers are classified and lower the “Adverse Effect Wage Rate,” or AEWR — the minimum hourly rate employers must pay H-2A workers.
In Georgia for example, more than 37,000 farm jobs are filled through the H-2A program each year, but producers say labor expenses have climbed more than 30% since 2022.
