Just before the November elections, there was a flurry of farm labor-related activity in Washington, D.C. As it turns out, it had little to do with the elections, but farm groups were meeting and talking to prepare for the arrival of the 113th Congress in January. They hope to propose labor reform legislation and get it passed, no matter how the elections changed  the face of Congress. “The labor issue has risen above all others,” said Diane Kurrle with the U.S. Apple Association. “It’s a matter of farm business ­survival.” A key catalyst for the activity was an internal report […]