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Farmers fear post-drought worker shortage

06/02/21 6:56 AM By Brad Hooker
KEYWORDS drought impacts to disadvantaged communities farmworker wages labor shortages unemployment rates
Fallowing acres due to the drought will lead to lost wages for farmworkers, many of whom will find steadier work elsewhere.
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Brad Hooker
Sacramento Bureau Chief, Agri-Pulse West

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