Farm owner: Without immigrants 'this town would die'

[Historic NY]

17. Its not just about the pay, its about finding the workers...ask Alabama

Americans have become soft they don't want the work our fore-bearers did if so the family farms would still be here. In the old day many farms had large family's, multiple children and other family members. As more and more of them go belly up the big companies buy them for pennys. Dairy farming is a 24/7 operation even with automation. The largest producers of pork sold out to the Chinese.
If milk was $10 a gallon it would go bad, people complain about gas when its $3.00. I'm in NY and they have offered incentives to new farmers, helping young people take over aging farms. In upstate areas the Amish have taken over old farms. They hire out some of the mechanized work. Then again NY has the 5th largest population of Amish in the US. Its interesting considering.


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alabama-immigration-law-farms_n_58c1d07fe4b0ed71826b55e0]