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Amid immigration crackdown, this avocado farmer is struggling to find workers

CNN .COMĀ  6/15/2018

http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/15/news/economy/california-farmer-workers-immigration/index.html

“The crops that are most affected are the ones that use hired labor,” explains Daniel Sumner, director of the University of California, Agricultural Issues Center at UC Davis, pointing to avocados, berries and tree fruits. “It’s really now through the rest of the summer that we’re going to hear more and more farmers and farm workers rushing to get a harvest in with really not enough labor force to do it. And that’s a real challenge. It may mean that we have crops rotting in the fields.”

 

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