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  • May 1st 2014 Issue
  • Story by Richard Lehnert

    • Michigan growers worry about labor

    If nothing gets done to solve immigration issues this year, and, with it, assure a supply of domestic seasonal workers for agriculture, farmers will have to find ways to adjust. Dawn Drake, manager of the Michigan Processing Apple Growers, said that Michigan Farm Bureau and its affiliate, the Michigan Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Association (of which the Processing Apple Growers are a division), have formed a committee to “research a possible labor program in 2015.” In the past, MACMA has had programs to help growers procure labor. The goal would be to create a program to obtain seasonal workers for Michigan […]

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    Legal & Regulatory, Labor, Richard Lehnert
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    Richard Lehnert
    After growing up on a Michigan dairy farm, Richard Lehnert began writing about farming in 1962, while still a junior studying journalism at Michigan State University. He worked at newspapers for a year before joining the staff of Michigan Farmer, where he spent 26 years, the last 15 as chief editor. He was a member of the staff of Good Fruit Grower from 2010 until 2015. Read his stories: Story Index
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