The USDA recently published the results of the National Ag Statistics Service (NASS) Farm Labor Survey (FLS). Generally, the annual FLS is used to establish the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) for H2A workers for the following year. The law that established the H-2A program states that the importation of foreign workers shall not have [...]
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) – Farm Service Agency (FSA) has a potential funding opportunity available for employers under the FLSP grant program. Funds are granted for the following goals and purpose: (1) Drive US economic recovery and safeguard domestic food supply by addressing current labor shortage in agriculture; (2) Reduce irregular migration [...]
One of our new associate members has made us aware of a large online auction that has a number of items which would be of interest to our members, such as module trucks, trailers and loaders. Please use the link below to check out the auction! https://www.purplewave.com/auction/230628A
REMINDER!! - Please complete your cost survey. This data is very important as we use it for comparing the various power companies, and for development of arguments in our rate cases. You can use this data to compare your operations efficiency with other gins throughout the state. The electronic USDA/NCGA version of the cost survey [...]
REMINDER - IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO REGISTER FOR TODAY'S WEBINAR on OSHA Reporting/Reporting Webinar. It will start at 1:30 PM CST today (Feb 14). We recommend that anyone who maintains your OSHA 300 information attend this webinar. It will only be 1 hour and hopefully answer any questions you have regarding the OSHA [...]
REMINDER - TCGA will hold an OSHA Reporting Webinar on Feb 14 at 1:30 PM CST. We recommend that anyone who maintains your OSHA 300 information attend this webinar. It will be limited to 1 hour and hopefully answer any questions you have regarding the OSHA 300, OSHA 300A and the electronic reporting on the [...]
REMINDER!! - It is time once again to complete your cost survey for TCGA. This data is very important for TCGA, as we use it for comparing the various power companies, and for development of arguments in our rate cases. You can use this data to compare your operations efficiency with other gins throughout the [...]
REMINDER - the OSHA 300A Form posting deadline is approaching. The OSHA Record Keeping Rule requires employers keep records of all work-related injuries and illnesses. This includes the OSHA 300, 300A and the First Report of Injury that employers must have on file. If you do not already have copies of these forms, they can be accessed [...]
PLEASE SEE FORWARDED MESSAGE BELOW FROM NCC: Dear Ginner, To allow the NCC to have the most complete planting intentions information, gins are being asked to participate in a short confidential online survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KL85XBM Gins are in constant contact with their producers and generally have a good idea as to the next season’s planting prospects. [...]
Some of you may have recently received an email from the OSHA Office of Statistical Analysis. This email details a login procedure change on the OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA). The ITA is the database where you annually report injuries at your facility that you summarized on your OSHA 300A each year. This information is [...]