The H-2A program provides cattle producers an avenue to find dependable employees when other labor wells dry up. Image courtesy of Head Honchos LLC. It has become all but impossible for many producers to find skilled, reliable labor. For a quickly growing majority of America’s ranchers and farmers, the H-2A visa program is no longer optional. Across rural America, a silent crisis is killing agricultural productivity. The labor isn’t coming. Seasoned ranch hands are retiring.