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"70% of the workers are gone," one farmer said as most of the work is mostly done by immigrants, impacting business.
Crop insurance has kept Illinois committed to these two crops. Click on the map to see what percent of Illinois farmland is used for corn, soybeans, wheat, vegetables and more.
North Dakota Farmers Union President Mark Watne called the budget reconciliation package passed by Congress “a mixed bag.” ...
JAMESTOWN – North Dakota Farmers Union President Mark Watne called the budget reconciliation package passed Thursday by ...
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 ...
Another day of downpours, with round after round of heavy rain pushing through western Pennsylvania. The wet weather has farmers on alert. It’s especially bad at Yarnick’s Farm and Greenhouses near ...
A sharp reduction in the number of agricultural workers could have devastating impacts on the food supply chain and farm-belt ...
The cool, wet weather of June in north central Wisconsin has caused crop development to be a bit behind schedule.
"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.
Strange things tend to happen at Thomas Family Farm when summer rolls around. The past few weeks alone, the organic flower ...