Texas producers are entering the 2026 planting season without the H-2A guest workers they spent months trying to bring across the border. Farmers in Hale, Terry, and Gaines counties told Farm Progress in mid-May that consular interviews, additional vetting, and new Department of Labor rules pushed worker arrivals 60 to 90 days past their planned start dates. Jay Ray Sageser, who farms 8,000 acr...
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