When farmers can't afford to harvest, those economic effects spread beyond the farm itself. Farmers leave staple crops to rot ...
Cherry growers said they had a large crop of beautiful fruit but the season was a “bloodbath” or “trainwreck” due to labor and market challenges. At the start of the season, immigrant workers’ fears ...
Farm labor scarcity is a growing challenge for farmers, particularly in light of the Trump administration’s goals for mass deportations. A new report from the University of California Giannini ...