Over the past 13 years, USA Farm Labor Inc. has brought thousands of seasonal ag workers from South Africa to the United States. The single most common destination for these workers are small family farms looking for one to three people to help them get the work done
“Many of our clients in North Dakota and Montana are just a husband-and-wife operation,” said Manuel Fick, chief executive officer of USA Farm Labor. “Maybe they have a son or daughter who works on the farm, or maybe their kids are going to college wanting to do something different. They’ll contact us for help getting one or two South Africans, and with that they can cope.”
Excerpted from Montana farmers turn to South Africa to fill labor gap. (2016)
“One of the requirements established by the U.S. Department of Labor to hire a foreign worker is that the potential employer must first place newspaper want-ads in at least four states seeking an American for the same job. According to Fick, to comply with this requirement, in 2015 USA Farm Labor advertised nationwide for 800 available farm labor positions.
They received just 10 responses
Fascinating article-——we are lazy.
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