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U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Industries Try To Cope With Rising Labor Costs

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  • Simnitt, Skyler
  • Martin, Philip

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To produce fruits and vegetables in the United States, a human touch is required to sort, pot, and plant seedlings, train young plants and prune older ones, and harvest and pack the crops for shipping. That means hired labor is a critical component of the fruit and vegetable sectors. Labor’s share of the cost of production can run as high as 38 percent for fruit and tree nut farms and 29 percent for vegetables and melons.

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  • Simnitt, Skyler & Martin, Philip, 2022. "U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Industries Try To Cope With Rising Labor Costs," Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, vol. 2022, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersaw:338887
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.338887
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