Finding solid labor in a tight market
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March 6, 2023

Finding solid labor in a tight market

The key findings of a recent study on farm labor are nowhere near surprising. Researchers reported a declining supply of domestic farmworkers, rising wages and labor shortages, increased mechanization and the rise of H-2A labor. At the most recent Great Lakes Expo, Dr. Zach Rutledge, Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics at Michigan State University,

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