The farmworker shortage in Indiana has hit crisis level, leaving farms with food wasting in fields and too few workers to care for animals.
conducted by Texas A&M show that more migrant and H-2A guest workers are correlated with higher wages for American workers and lower unemployment, as well as lower inflation. The immigrants and guest workers who come to Indiana farms and other states are skilled workers. They do difficult work in the heat and all kinds of weather — work most Americans don’t want to do.
America needs these hard workers, and we should clear onerous red tape that threatens to undermine our producer’s ability to provide the safest and most reliable food supply in the world by creating an environment of unreliable labor flow. This lack of reliable workforce for this vital industry will have devastating consequences for every sector of agriculture. For example, immigrant labor is estimated to provide care for and milk nearly.
Our farmers are depending on Congress to clear roadblocks standing in the way of their ability to feed, clothe and fuel the world. Without proper and expedient change, the agricultural workforce crisis will continue to challenge the global food security our farmers have dedicated their lives to creating and maintaining. This is not just an isolated crisis but one with the potential to significantly impact American families and people relying on American agriculture across the globe.
Congressman Jim Baird represents Indiana’s 4th Congressional District and serves on the House Committee on Agriculture and the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. Steve Obert is a fifth-generation dairy farmer and the executive director of Indiana Dairy Producers.
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