The Department of Labor announced on Friday that it is suspending a Biden-era rule that critics say imposed large burdens on farmers with thousands of pages of new regulations.

In May 2024, the Labor Department imposed new regulations on farmers who hire workers through the H-2A program. The regulations took up nearly 3,000 pages, up from a previous 600, and put a massive burden on farmers.

At the time of the bill’s passage, the American Farm Bureau Federation pushed back against the new rules, saying they placed untold compliance on farmers with little regard for farmers or their employees.

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