Well I’ve got news for ya fella. I’ve worked on farms, cut timber, and every other back breaking, sweaty, dirty, dusty job, so I know what I talk about. I know there are lazy people out there and that is nothing new, but there are people that will work for you, if you give them a chance. I had the same problems when I has my own business. When I couldn’t find help, I did it myself. These people today have gotten used to hiring these people because its cheap and easy. That is just as much a problem as the people that won’t work, so it goes both ways. But there is just one problem with that, Its against the law. They knew this crop was coming on and instead of making an arrangement to get help to harvesting it, they most likely waited until the last minute thinking they would just drive down to the local corner or whatever and pick up some illegal cheap labor. They could have had green card workers had they arranged it, not that I agree with that either, but that route is available. Maybe if we took the time to stand up for the American worker for a change, attitudes might change.
When harvesting a commercial crop, that's virtually impossible, even it you're almost completely mechanized.
They knew this crop was coming on and instead of making an arrangement to get help to harvesting it, they most likely waited until the last minute thinking they would just drive down to the local corner or whatever and pick up some illegal cheap labor
There's a problem with that. There's no "corner" to go to as farmers live in the country. Neither we nor any farmer I know hires illegals (like you'd find on a city street corner in the barrio). The way it works for us is you try to hire one local "day laborer" and then ask him if he has any relatives or knows anybody who wants to work. Sometimes successful, sometimes not. And it's not because of the pay. Good responsible, honest agricultural workers around here have full time jobs.