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By Tim Reid, Pilar Olivares and Leah Douglas OXNARD, California (Reuters) -Lisa Tate is a sixth-generation farmer in Ventura ...
Lisa Tate is a sixth-generation farmer in Ventura County, California, an area that produces billions of dollars worth of fruit and vegetables each year, much of it hand-picked by immigrants in the ...
Boatright: [It is] a program designed specifically to help specialty crop growers deal with their rising input costs and ...
Usually he would have 300 workers, he said. On this day he had just 80. Another supervisor at a different farm said he usually has 80 workers in a field, but today just 17. BAD FOR BUSINESS ...
A sharp reduction in the number of agricultural workers could have devastating impacts on the food supply chain and farm-belt ...
"If 70% of your workforce doesn't show up, 70% of your crop doesn't get picked and can go bad in one day. Most Americans don't want to do this work. Most farmers here are barely breaking even.
Emmerdale's Robert Sugden featured in a huge twist with new villain Ray on the ITV soap on Tuesday night, and it won't end ...
In Ventura County, a key farming region north of Los Angeles, growers report that up to 70% of laborers have disappeared from fields since early June ...
The cool, wet weather of June in north central Wisconsin has caused crop development to be a bit behind schedule.
Jamie Dickerman of Red River Farm Network and Randy Martinson, president of Martinson Ag Risk Management, outline the ...
Immigration raids are deterring farmworkers in California, causing crops to rot, as experts warn of supply chain issues and ...
The bright story here is Monterey County’s resiliency is backed up by the fact that it has the highest value crops produced ...