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Family Farm in Idaho Faces Worker Shortage as Trump Administration Immigration Raids Escalate
Owyhee Produce needs about 300 workers but faces shortages as immigration policies reduce legal and illegal farm labor, risking food production stability, officials warn.
- On Wednesday, Shay Myers, general manager of Owyhee Produce in Parma, Idaho, said his family farm is scrambling to find about 300 workers during harvest season due to intensified enforcement under the Trump administration.
- A report submitted earlier this month warned the near total halt of illegal labor inflow and lack of legal workers disrupts production costs and threatens food stability for U.S. consumers.
- About 90 percent of seasonal workers come from Mexico and other countries, many on H-2A visas, but Mauricio Sol said fear is spreading despite legal status.
- As a result, Myers says his farm is struggling to survive as his family farm faces a crisis-level worker shortage threatening the country's food supply.
- James O'Neill warned the USDA's ag labor survey shows 50 to 60 percent of farm labor is undocumented, and deporting them would cut supply and push U.S. grocery prices higher.
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