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Labor Shortage Continues to Hurt U.S. Farmers and Ranchers
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Labor Shortage Continues to Hurt U.S. Farmers and Ranchers
Veronica Nigh, American Farm Bureau, states that, "In the second quarter of the fiscal year 2022, which is January through March, the number of applications for H2A workers, which is the Temporary Ag Worker Visa Program increased by more than 17 percent, year over year."
New data from AFBF shows the labor shortage situation is only worsening because unemployment in rural America is low.
Most sectors of U.S. agriculture still faces labor shortages, new data confirms. Veronica Nigh, a senior economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation, says farmers have talked for at least a decade about a tight farm labor market.