AG2203. Agriculture Labor Marketplace Update

A reliable, stable and legal workforce is essential to America’s specialty crop producers. This rings especially true for California agriculture, which accounts for a third of the nation’s vegetables and two-thirds of its fruits and nuts, as well as a diversity of other foods. This agricultural labor update will delve into the increasing pressures and costs farmers and ranchers are facing related to finding skilled and available employees.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify potential solutions for the perpetual agricultural labor shortages.
• Recognize the challenges of California agriculture’s labor shortages and what that means to the rest of the nation.
• Distinguish ways to intellectually discuss the labor marketplace with clients.