{"id":22416,"date":"2024-03-20T13:29:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T17:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=22416"},"modified":"2024-03-20T13:29:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T17:29:29","slug":"sen-ossoff-launches-inquiry-into-usdas-farm-labor-survey-calculations","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-launches-inquiry-into-usdas-farm-labor-survey-calculations\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Launches Inquiry into USDA\u2019s Farm Labor Survey Calculations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington, D.C. \u2014 <\/strong>U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is launching an inquiry into how the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) conducts its Farm Labor Survey in Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This month, Sen. Ossoff launched an inquiry with USDA\u2019s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) asking for more transparency in the Farm Labor Survey, which the Department of Labor uses to determine wages for H-2A workers in Georgia and across the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff\u2019s inquiry asks the USDA to provide information about how Georgia growers are asked to participate in the Farm Labor Survey and to provide resources for farmers to help them complete the Farm Labor Survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAgriculture is Georgia\u2019s number-one industry, and one of my top priorities is ensuring that Georgia\u2019s farmers and farmworkers prosper,\u201d Sen. Ossoff wrote.<\/strong> \u201cFor this reason, I write to request additional information about the data you gather about Georgia\u2019s agricultural economy, how you deploy your limited resources to best inform the agricultural public, and how we can work together to support Georgia\u2019s growers as they provide important data to you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georgia has seen substantial increases<\/a> in the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) for the Southeast over the past two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff continues to be a strong advocate for Georgia\u2019s farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In October, Sen. Ossoff launched an inquiry<\/a> with CBP urging them to begin collecting assessments on imported pecans, which funds domestic programs aimed at boosting sales of American pecans and leveling the playing field for domestic producers of pecans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In August, Sens. Ossoff and Marco Rubio (R-FL) led<\/a> a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers urging U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to follow through on a promise by the Biden Administration to help Southeastern seasonal producers affected by unfair trade practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff also heard directly<\/a> from farmers and growers in Georgia about the needs of their industries and how he can best fight for them in the Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> to read Sen. Ossoff\u2019s inquiry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Washington, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is launching an inquiry into how the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) conducts its Farm Labor Survey in Georgia. This month, Sen. Ossoff launched an inquiry with USDA\u2019s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) asking for more transparency in the Farm Labor Survey, which the Department of Labor uses to […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22416","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/22416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/22416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22418,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/22416\/revisions\/22418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}