Advocating for a Stable and Secure Farm Workforce

About this episode

The episode discusses the state of agricultural labor in the U.S. and the need for a stable workforce with insights from leading agriculture advocates.

Recorded live at Potato Expo 2026 in Dallas, Texas. Host Lane Nordlund sits down with some of the nation's leading agriculture advocates to examine the state of agricultural labor in the U.S. and discuss the pressing need for a stable and secure workforce. The panel explores efforts by the Agriculture Workforce Coalition to drive legislative and regulatory reforms. They address the complex intersection of border security, legal status for the existing workforce, and necessary updates to the...

Topics covered

• agricultural labor
• workforce stability
• legislative reforms
• border security

Keywords

• Potato Expo 2026
• Agriculture Workforce Coalition
• regulatory reforms

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Dallas, Texas, U.S.

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