Source:  CNBC, 5/1/19


Farmers in the nation’s top agriculture state are increasingly moving to different forms of mechanization to get around the farm labor crunch, according to a California Farm Bureau survey. The number of farm workers in California has been gradually declining in the past several years and stepped-up immigration sweeps by the federal government in California haven’t helped. Labor shortages have been especially tough on farmers with crops such as tree fruits, grapes and berries.

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