Farms face shrinking labor force
Story Date: 7/6/2012

Source: Jennifer Rouse For Mid-Valley Sunday, GAZETTETIMES, 6/24/12
 

Across the nation, farmers are reporting crisis-level shortages of workers, but mid-valley growers say the situation’s not that bad here — at least, not yet.

Most farmers in Linn and Benton counties don’t grow grow labor-intensive crops that require large crews to hand-harvest.

 
For more of this story, click here.























   Copyright © 2007 North Carolina Agribusiness Council, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
   All use of this Website is subject to our
Terms of Use Agreement and our Privacy Policy.