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Old 04-06-2018, 01:19 PM
 
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Year round harvesting of a crop? I doubt that.
Exactly the main labor intensive period is harvesting. I have worked on Central Valley farms and for most of the growing season not much labor is needed.
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Old 04-06-2018, 03:21 PM
 
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Year round harvesting of a crop? I doubt that.
its that raising of livestock. diary farms for one.......also hog operations.
California is not the only state that needs farm labor.
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Old 04-06-2018, 03:30 PM
 
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its that raising of livestock. diary farms for one.......also hog operations.
California is not the only state that needs farm labor.
How is that a big thing in California? Over a third of the country's vegetables and two-thirds of the country's fruits and nuts are grown in California. Those aren't crops that are harvested year round.
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Old 04-07-2018, 10:36 AM
 
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How is that a big thing in California? Over a third of the country's vegetables and two-thirds of the country's fruits and nuts are grown in California. Those aren't crops that are harvested year round.
California is the leading Dairy state also.................

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...-of-milk-cows/
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Old 04-07-2018, 11:00 AM
 
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California is the leading Dairy state also.................
Dairy farms use milking machines.
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Old 04-07-2018, 01:20 PM
 
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Dairy farms use milking machines.
and they also use workers to put those machines on the cow.....
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Old 04-07-2018, 01:22 PM
 
Location: Columbia, SC
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Will they be legal?
Probably scab robots from India or somewhere.
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Old 04-07-2018, 01:24 PM
 
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and they also use workers to put those machines on the cow.....
You may want to explain the mechaincs of how a cow works. A nice Powerpoint presentation, maybe...
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Old 04-07-2018, 01:45 PM
 
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and they also use workers to put those machines on the cow.....
FAR less workers than it takes to harvest a crop by hand. It's not even close.
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Old 04-08-2018, 12:24 AM
 
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FAR less workers than it takes to harvest a crop by hand. It's not even close.
yes but..... its twice a day 365 days a year.............

waiting for your latest retort..........
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