A spokeswoman for a top Iowa pork producer told U.S. senators Wednesday that farmers and meatpacking plants face severe labor shortages and need the federal government to allow them to employ immigrant workers year-round.
Jen Sorenson, communications director of Iowa Select Farms, the state s largest pork producer, said seasonal employment currently allowed under a federal visa program is insufficient to meet the industry s needs. If the labor shortage is not addressed, it could lead to farms and packing plants shutting down, causing serious financial harm to the communities in which they operate, said Sorenson, who s also president of the National Pork Producers Council.
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