American Agriculture’s Reliance on Foreign Workers Surges

Photo caption: Agricultural workers harvesting strawberries. Photo credit: F Armstrong Photography, Shutterstock. Article by Shea Swenson. Modern Farmer – May 26, 2022.

American farmers in need of help are relying more heavily on H-2A workers than ever before. According to the US Department of Labor Statistics, the number of positions filled via the H-2A temporary agricultural workers program increased by 16.5 percent in the first two quarters of this fiscal year in comparison to 2021—accounting for 193,273 jobs certified by the department’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification. […]

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