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Old 04-10-2020, 06:46 PM
 
Location: Homeless
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New White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is working with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to see how to reduce wage rates for foreign guest workers on American farms, in order to help U.S. farmers struggling during the coronavirus, according to U.S. officials and sources familiar with the plans.

Opponents of the plan argue it will hurt vulnerable workers and depress domestic wages.

Lee Wicker, deputy director of the North Carolina Growers Association, said Trump administration officials are trying to look at things to help because "they understand that we're in trouble and they want to secure the food supply for the American people."

"When a farmer goes out of business, you know, he doesn't come back," Wicker said. "Food supply is a national security issue and, as bad as this COVID-19 crisis is, perhaps it can be a catalyst to start a conversation about our agriculture policy and having sustainable agriculture and diversity."


https://www.npr.org/2020/04/10/83207...C_7aGCpoBjWhCQ

Like with most jobs if your not making enough money you’ll go find something else we really can’t afford to lose our farmers.
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Old 04-10-2020, 07:48 PM
 
Location: NY
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The following is only my opinion:

Messing with the Farmers is messing with the food supply chain.
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Old 04-10-2020, 10:48 PM
 
Location: Top of the South, NZ
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I hope more farmers do go out of business, and it wouldn't hurt to see a few barns torched either.

As a whole, farmers are greedy pigs, that crap on their workers
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Old 04-10-2020, 11:11 PM
 
Location: Raleigh NC
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it seems one of the problems with the H2A program is requiring them to pay the local prevailing wage, but ALSO require the farms to pay to get the H2A's here and house them, and whatever other requirements there are.

or read the article and weigh in.

but "reform" is needed. of course, the government tries, but usually fails
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