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year in a different place. Often that
wage can explode right in the middle
of a producer's season and makes it
incredibly hard to budget. "
That rate, known as the Adverse
Effect Wage Rate, rose again on Jan. 1,
and is at a national average of $16.13.
Five years ago, it was $12.47.
Current AEWRs for the top potatoproducing
states are:
* Idaho - $15.68
* Washington - $17.97
* Wisconsin - $17.34
* Oregon - $17.97
* North Dakota - $17.33
SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM
Quarles said the NPC is one of
the founding members of the Ag
Workforce Coalition, which supported
the Farm Workforce Modernization
Act, approved by the U.S. House of
Representatives in 2019 and 2021.
The Senate has yet to approve similar
legislation and may not be addressed
by the current Congress.
" You have the existing migrant
workforce, " Quarles said. " They are
not legally present here in the U.S.
However, they're supplying the labor
for upwards of 70% of all of the labordependent
agricultural activities in
the U.S. "
Simply deporting those workers
would " immediately shut those farms
down, " Quarles said.
Quarles said the solution must
involve finding a way to provide
those farm workers with legal status
in the U.S., although that doesn't
necessarily mean granting citizenship.
Did you have enough labor?
YES - 50%
YES
YES
NO
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
NO - 50%
NO
50%
60%
Source: Spudman 2023 Specialty Ag Labor Survey
If you were short, did you have to leave
crops in the field/orchard?
NO
90%
YES - 10%
NO - 90%
YES
10%
Source: Spudman 2023 Specialty Ag Labor Survey
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