how was it that in the 80’s, these ma and pa farms could afford help, but now these corporate farms cannot?
And if you are hiring them for a season it requires a lot of paperwork.
Like with most things, when the government gets involved it gets expensive, complicated and normal people can't do it.
The labor that corporate farms rely on will become less available and more expensive due to Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration. In addition, new models of farm machines are capable of precise application that reduce pesticide and herbicide use. That reduces cost and helps address environmental and health issues. Some farm machines even kill weeds and pests with small, aimed blasts of steam. In a roundabout way, Deere’s innovations in farm equipment align with the Trump and MAGA agenda and are in competition with farm pesticide giants Dow, Monsanto, BASF, Syngenta and Bayer.