Though its official name – the Temporary Non-Agricultural Workers Program – states otherwise, the H-2B visa program provides workers who are vital to numerous sectors of agriculture – including those who are involved in the direct production of nursery, forestry and seafood products. But those industries must compete with a whole slew of other fields for a limited number of visas. The H-2B visa cap creates another barrier to ensuring seasonal labor across industries that already suffer from proven labor shortages.
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Samantha Ayoub
Samantha Ayoub is an associate economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Market Intel. Visit www.fb.org/market-intel for more information.





