2012-05-18bloomberg.com

Without new immigrants, agricultural operations from the desert region straddling the border to the slaughterhouses of High Plains states such as Nebraska and Iowa face labor shortages. Farmers got some relief when the real-estate crash drove out-of-work roofers, builders and contractors back to lower-paying jobs as field hands, Cox and others say. An uptick in construction could again leave them shorthanded.



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