Source: Dana Cronin, HARVEST PUBLIC MEDIA, 4/21/20


It’s planting season across much of the United States, and for some farmers who rely on foreign guest workers for help in the fields, the pandemic is getting in the way.   “Just as anything else in our lives, the pandemic has changed the way we’ve dealt with our labor force,” says Pete Pistorius, President of Pistorius Farms, a corn and soybean operation in central Illinois.  For the last few years, Pistorius has utilized the H-2A visa program, which allows farmers to bring over foreign nationals to fill temporary agricultural jobs.

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