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lapfog_1

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2. the article refers to a feedlot operator

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Oct 1, 2017, 01:46 PM

Oct 2017

near Garden City.

Most of the agriculture in Western Kansas is wheat. This is highly mechanized with seasonal harvesting done by combine operators who often start in Canada and move south to texas harvesting field after field using a fleet of combines and trucks (and often only as many people as is takes to drive those).

If you have ever driven past a feedlot operation (there are a couple of very big ones on I-5 in CA) you will understand why it would be near impossible to get any non-illegal person to work there... for almost any wage they could pay.

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Immigration uncertainty causes anxiety in western Kansas [View all] struggle4progress Oct 2017 OP

Sounds like State Sen. Doll needs to rethink his priorities and party affiliation. LonePirate Oct 2017 #1

the article refers to a feedlot operator lapfog_1 Oct 2017 #2