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To: WorkerbeeCitizen
My understanding is wheat is highly mechanized. It has no need or very little need for foreign workers
Produce and meatpacking is a whole 'nother deal. This is labor intensive and I would favor very strict guest worker program for such laborers
62 posted on 07/04/2007 6:39:50 AM PDT by dennisw
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To: dennisw
;"My understanding is wheat is highly mechanized. It has no need or very little need for foreign workers."

True. Each crew harvesting wheat requires one person to operate the combine; one person operating a tractor pulling a grain cart; and at least two persons driving a trucks/grain trailers back and forth to the elevator.

Depending on factors such as how good the yield on the wheat and how good the access to the field with semi-trucks, and the length of wait at the elevator, you may need an additional tractor/grain cart.

Along with those people, a crew will usually have a person or two that drag around the fuel/grease trailer and other necessities. As compared to say ... harvesting produce ... wheat requires very little in the way labor, but the labor needs to be skilled. The machines and other equipment are extraordinarily expensive to buy and maintain and we don't let low-end labor around an operation such as this.

63 posted on 07/04/2007 7:45:39 AM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde (America: Land of the Free Because of the Brave)
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