The percentage of US farm labor wages is rising and is as high as 38% for fruit and 29% for the vegetable share of production.
Producers in the US are also struggling to secure enough laborers to perform crucial on-farm tasks. This causes farm labor wage rates to increase more quickly than non-farm wages. The USDA’s Economic Research Services looked at how producers were coping and published a recent report on the results.
They say producers are applying other methods to manage, such as increasing imports, using more machinery, and bringing in foreign workers.
Source: www.ers.usda.gov
