Scarce labor, higher wages in store for NYS farms in 2021 1-Feb-2021 3:50 PM EST, by Cornell University
Jason Koski, Cornell University
Richard Stup, agricultural workforce specialist, discusses economic trends affecting New York state farmers during the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management’s 2021 Agricultural and Food Business Outlook Conference, held virtually Jan. 25.
Newswise ITHACA, N.Y. – New York state farm operators can expect a tight labor market and rising wages in the year ahead, in addition to continued pandemic precautions, debate over immigration reform and potential changes to overtime pay, according to a Cornell University agriculture expert.
“Ag labor is going to remain scarce due to … underlying demographics and labor market factors, even if we get immigration reform,” said Richard Stup, agricultural workforce specialist. “Wages are going to continue to climb from both marke
There Is No Pandemic
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Figure: weekly data from the Office of National Statistics for 2020, comparing total mortality per week with an estimated average from the previous five years.
2020 saw 14% more deaths than average, last year in England & Wales and that amounted to seventy-five thousand extra deaths. We here use the Office of National statistics figures, as it gives total weekly deaths, plus also for comparison an average value of corresponding weekly deaths over the previous five years.[1]
That compares with the figure of ninety thousand deaths for the entire United Kingdom, due allegedly to covid-19.
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Policy, not technology, fueled Danish dominance in wind energy
News Highlights: Policy, not technology, fueled Danish dominance in wind energy
In emerging renewable energy industries, are manufacturers’ decisions to shut down or upgrade obsolete equipment more influenced by technological improvements or government policies?
It’s an important long-term question for policymakers looking to increase renewable electricity production, cost-effectiveness and efficiency with limited budgets, says C.-Y. Cynthia Lin Lawell, associate professor at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management.
In a new study focused on Denmark, a world leader in wind energy – a relatively mature and inexpensive renewable technology – Lin Lawell found that government policy was the main driver of that industry’s growth and development.
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The coronavirus was still a far-away problem in Wuhan when U.S. President Donald Trump announced a ban on travel from China in late January 2020. Six weeks later, as the coronavirus ravaged Italy, Trump closed travel from Europe.
These travel bans were highly controversial. Some people argued that they were unnecessary restrictions on travel. Others said they came too late. As New York’s COVID-19 case numbers shot upward, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the U.S. had “closed the front door with the China ban … but we left the back door wide open,” because the virus had already spread to other countries.