Friday, 3 July 2020

U.S. farmers scramble for help as COVID-19 scuttles immigrant workforce

U.S. farmers scramble for help as COVID-19 scuttles immigrant workforce

The novel coronavirus delayed the arrival of seasonal immigrants who normally help harvest U.S. wheat, leaving farmers to depend on high school students, school bus drivers, laid-off oilfield workers and others to run machines that bring in the crop.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-wheat/u-s-farmers-scramble-for-help-as-covid-19-scuttles-immigrant-workforce-idUSKBN2431BQ?source=Snapzu

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