Farm labor shortage could loom for N.C.
Story Date: 8/6/2012

Source: WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL, 8/6/12
 
RALEIGH --
North Carolina is a top producer of tobacco, sweet potatoes and other fruits and vegetables — but in the near future, farmers might not have enough workers to pick them.
Across the nation, the number of seasonal agricultural workers is shrinking, costing billions. That's largely the result of a diminishing number of migrant workers coming from Mexico.
 
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