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Finding workers has become the number one concern for many local farmers. Tougher immigration laws, local people gravitating to other work, and the lack of an effective guest worker program makes filling the fields with workers more difficult than it was in the past.

Twenty illegal immigrants indicted, 11 arrested.

Georgia’s immigration bill will hit farmers where it hurts.

Nov. 9 Webstream and conference call event helps explain the program’s “Know Your Rights: Employee Rights and Responsibilities.”

The goal is to have at least 20 producers per state participate to get a more accurate picture of dairy labor rates.

“The withdrawal of the proposal is a victory for common sense,” says Jerry Kozak, President and CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation.

Dairy interests say decision could spawn ‘copycat’ legislation in other states and significantly affect employers who employ undocumented workers.

The more agriculture does to practice good judgment and safety with children working on farms, the less likely stringent rules will be imposed.

The pervasive “Employee of the Month” incentive is a poor strategy for motivating employee productivity.

Nearly two-thirds of respondents to California Farm Bureau Federation survey experienced labor challenges in 2012.