Commissioner: Lack of labor hurt Georgia farms
Story Date: 1/5/2012

 

Source:  Christopher Quinn, THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, 1/3/12

A shortage of workers in the field caused $10 million in crop losses for 500 Georgia farmers who responded to a study called for by Georgia's new immigration law. The tough laws Georgia passed last year as House Bill 87 likely scared some workers away,  the study concluded.

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