The agricultural growing season is underway, and New Jersey’s hiring crisis could lead to higher prices for produce because farmers are having to raise wages for students and other part-time workers to combat a labor shortage caused by misguided government policies for unemployment benefits. Kurt Alstede, owner of the 800-acre Alstede Farms in Morris County, […]
NJBC Town Hall: Farmers Weigh in on NJ Hiring Crisis, Warn of Higher Produce Prices
May21,2021
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