About Us
Who We Are
An Agriculture Workforce Coalition
The Ag Workforce Coalition (AWC) is a national alliance of agricultural organizations representing the farmers, ranchers, growers, workers, and businesses that sustain America’s agricultural economy and help provide the food, fiber, nursery, and other essential agricultural products families rely on every day.
Across the country, farms and agricultural operations rely on experienced employees who return season after season — and in many cases, for decades. These workers play a vital role in maintaining a safe, stable, and affordable food supply while supporting the broader agricultural supply chain and rural economy.
But agriculture is facing a worsening labor crisis. Producers across the United States are struggling to find enough legal workers to plant, harvest, pack, transport, and produce the agricultural goods Americans depend on.
The AWC supports practical, bipartisan solutions that strengthen border security while modernizing America’s agricultural workforce system. Without action, more farms and agricultural businesses will disappear, domestic production will move overseas, and Americans will become increasingly reliant on foreign sources for essential food, fiber, nursery, and agricultural products.
A stable agricultural workforce is essential to protecting America’s food supply, preserving domestic agricultural production, and sustaining strong rural communities.
Ag Workforce Coalition
Key Policy Priorities
The AWC supports practical, long-term reforms that strengthen America's agricultural workforce system and preserve domestic agricultural production. Congress should take immediate action to increase access to the H-2A program, stabilize wages and program costs, and create a legal work option for currently ineligible workers.
Increase Access
Expand eligibility to year-round, nonseasonal agricultural sectors and amend the definition of agricultural labor and services so family farms can realistically participate.
Create a legal work option for currently ineligible workers
Allow long-standing, experienced farm workers to earn legal employment authorization.
Stabilize wages and program costs
Eliminate unsustainable labor cost increases, provide guardrails against unpredictable annual increases, and reduce cost drivers that make participation unattainable.
Members
Our Active Members
Supporters
Our Active Supporters
Agricultural Council of California
Agricultural Retailers Association
Almond Board of California
American AgriWomen
American Beekeeping Federation(ABF)
American Farm Bureau Federation
American Frozen Food Institute
American Honey Producers Association
American Horse Council
American Mushroom Institute
American Sheep Industry Association
American Soybean Association
American Sugar Alliance
American Sugar Cane League
American Sugarbeet Growers Association
AmericanHort
Apricot Producers of California
Arizona Nursery Association
Aurora Organic Dairy
Bruce Summers
California Apple Commission
California Association of Winegrape Growers
California Avocado Commission
California Blueberry Commission
California Citrus Mutual
California Dairy Campaign
California Date Commission
California Farm Bureau
California Fig Growers
California Fresh Fruit Association
California Olive Oil Council
California Strawberry Commission
California Walnut Commission
California Wild Rice Advisory Board
California Women for Agriculture
Carolinas Cotton Growers Cooperative
Center for Dairy Excellence (Pennsylvania)
Colorado Dairy Farmers
Colorado Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association
Colorado Nursery & Greenhouse Association
Colorado Potato Legislative Association
Controlled Environment Agriculture Alliance
Cooperative Milk Producers Association
Council for Burley Tobacco
CropLife America
Dairy Producers of New Mexico
Delta Council
Driscoll's
Elanco Animal Health
Empire State Potato Growers
Farm Credit Council
Farmers Co-op Grain Co.
Florida Citrus Mutual
Florida Farm Bureau
Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association
Florida Nursery, Growers & Landscape Association
Florida Strawberry Growers Association
Florida Sugar Cane League
Florida Tomato Exchange
Food Producers of Idaho
Georgia Blueberry Commission
Georgia Farm Bureau Federation
Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association
Georgia Green Industry Association
Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority
Idaho Alfalfa and Clover Seed Growers Association
Idaho Apple Commission
Idaho Cherry Commission
Idaho Dairymen’s Association
Idaho Grower Shippers Association
Idaho Hay and Forage Association
Idaho Honey Industry Association
Idaho Hop Growers Association
Idaho Oilseed Commission
Idaho Onion Growers Association
Idaho Potato Commission
Idaho-Oregon Fruit and Vegetable Association
Illinois Farm Bureau
Illinois Green Industry Association
Independent Professional Seed Association
Indiana Dairy Producers
International Dairy Foods Association
International Fresh Produce Association
Iowa Institute for Cooperatives
Iowa State Dairy Association
Kansas Livestock Association
Kansas Nursery and Landscape Association
Kentucky Dairy Development Council
Louisiana Association of Cooperatives
Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
Maine Dairy Industry Association
Maine Potato Board
Malheur County Onion Growers Association
Michigan Apple Association
Michigan Asparagus Advisory Committee
Michigan Farm Bureau
Michigan Nursery & Landscape Association
Michigan State Horticultural Society
Michigan Vegetable Council
Midwest Apple Improvement Association
Midwest Council of Agriculture
Milk Producers Council
Milk Producers of Idaho
National All-Jersey
National Association of State Departments of Agriculture
National Association of Wheat Growers
National Chicken Council
National Christmas Tree Association
National Corn Growers Association
National Cotton Council
National Council of Agricultural Employers
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
National Farmers Union
National Grange
National Milk Producers Federation
National Onion Association
National Peach Council
National Pecan Federation
National Pork Producers Council
National Potato Council
National Retail Federation
National Turkey Association
National Watermelon Association
National Young Farmers Coalition
Nebraska Cooperative Council
New York Apple Association
New York Farm Bureau
New York State Flower Industries
New York State Horticultural Society
Nezperce Prairie Grass Growers Assn.
North American Blueberry Council
North Carolina Dairy Producers Association
North Carolina Potato Association
North Carolina State Grange
Northeast Dairy Producers Association
Northeast States Association for Agricultural Stewardship (NAAS)
Northland Potato Growers Association
Northwest Food Processors Association
Northwest Horticultural Council
NW Ag Cooperative Council
OFA, An Association of Horticulture Professionals
Ohio Apple Marketing Program
Ohio Dairy Producers Association
Ohio Produce Growers and Marketing Association
Olive Growers Council of California
Oregon Association of Nurseries
Oregon Dairy Farmers Association
Oregon Potato Commission
Pacific Coast Producers
Pennsylvania Cooperative Potato Growers
Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association
Professional Dairy Managers of Pennsylvania
Society of American Florists
South Dakota Association of Cooperatives
South Dakota Dairy Producers
South East Dairy Farmers Association
State Agriculture and Rural Leaders (SARL)
Sugar Cane League
Sweet Potato Council of California
Texas Agricultural Cooperative Council
Texas Association of Dairymen
Texas Citrus Mutual
Texas International Produce Association
The Meat Institute
The Wonderful Company
U.S. Apple Association
U.S. Beet Sugar Association
U.S. Custom Harvesters
U.S. Sweet Potato Council
United Dairy Farmers of Florida
United Dairymen of Arizona
United Egg Producers
USA Farmers
USA Rice
Utah Apple Marketing Board
Utah Dairy Producers
Utah Nursery and Landscape Association
Utah Tart Cherry Marketing Board
Valley Fig Growers
Vidalia Onion Business Council
WAFLA (Worker and Farmer Labor Assocation)
Washington State Dairy Federation
Washington State Potato Commission
Washington State Tree Fruit Association
Western Growers
Western States Dairy Producers Association
Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine
Wine America
Wine Institute
Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association
Yuma Fresh Vegetable Association