ABIC Agricultural Council member Darren Mueller, operator of Prairieland Dairy, hosts Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE-01), Chair of the Main Street Republican Caucus.
ABIC Agricultural Council
When we stand with America’s agricultural producers and farms, we secure America’s future.
America’s farms are facing a labor crisis. They nourish the nation and they strengthen our rural communities.
Supporting American farmers means ensuring they have access to a stable, legal, and highly skilled workforce needed to keep their businesses running.
Voters Support Work Permits for Trusted Workers
83% of voters in key battleground states agree with President Trump that long term, trusted undocumented immigrants should be able to get a work permit and stay:
The Tarrance Group and ABIC Action Survey of Voter Attitudes in Battleground States 12:33
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Workforce shortages are threatening farms across America.
The ABIC Agricultural Council is leading efforts to bring labor stability for America’s food producers.
Our Goal
American farmers take great pride in the work they do.
Today, one of their greatest challenges is the lack of a secure workforce. Growing labor shortages and increased enforcement are leaving farmers without the law-abiding, hard-working, long-term immigrant workers who have powered America’s food system for decades — putting farms, rural economies, and America’s food security at risk.
Farmers already do everything they can to follow the law and verify legal status, but current policy still leaves them without the stable, legal workforce needed to run their operations.
Agriculture depends on labor that operates around the clock — from milking cows at dawn to harvesting crops at dusk. Most agriculture openings go unfilled for months – 70 percent of agricultural workers are foreign-born.
Any disruption in this workforce has immediate and costly consequences for producers, consumers, and our national food supply, affecting every American who relies on the food grown on these farms.
The ABIC Agricultural Council brings together industry leaders with bipartisan lawmakers to find solutions like legal work permits for hard-working, law-abiding, tax-paying immigrants that keep America’s farms running and our food supply secure.
“Without having a secure workforce we can't have a secure food supply, and without a secure food supply we can't have a secure nation.”
Steve ObertExecutive Director of Indiana Dairy Producers and ABIC member
“If we were to deport [all undocumented agriculture workers] overnight, then that’s 60% of the workforce…that means higher prices at the grocery store.”
James O’NeillDirector of Legislative Affairs for ABIC
“We don’t grow food in this country without immigrants. Period.”
Shay MyersABIC member, 3rd generation farmer, & content creator
Get Involved
America’s family farms want a legal, reliable workforce. The border is secure – now we need to secure the workforce.
If you’re a farmer or food producer who wants to help advance bipartisan solutions that protect family farms and strengthen America’s food system, we invite you to get involved.
Submit the form linked here, and we’ll be in touch.