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Oh fucking well. Racism can be quite expensive.‘The whole thing is screwed up’: Farmers in deep-red Pennsylvania struggle to find workers
They’re pushing lawmakers to move faster on a farm labor solution, even as the president cracks down on immigration.
By SAMUEL BENSON
09/15/2025
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/15/farm-labor-shortage-pennsylvania-trump-immigration-00560820
…In Tioga County, where President Donald Trump won 75 percent of the vote in 2024, farmers are losing patience with the White House’s promise of a quick solution for farm workers. Their urgent need is highlighted by stories like those of a multigenerational dairy farm that sold off all its dairy cows because the owner could not find workers and another where a farmer’s job listings have received no responses.
Farmers in the rural region near the New York border say those stories are not unique.
“The whole thing is screwed up,” said John Painter, a three-time Trump voter who runs an organic dairy farm in Westfield. “We need people to do the jobs Americans are too spoiled to do.”…
same for the whole region - we're building an indoor grow in the Catskills, couldn't find laborers or skilled tradesmen - even with all the Ukranians upstate - luckily we were able to hook up with the Amish‘The whole thing is screwed up’: Farmers in deep-red Pennsylvania struggle to find workers
They’re pushing lawmakers to move faster on a farm labor solution, even as the president cracks down on immigration.
By SAMUEL BENSON
09/15/2025
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/15/farm-labor-shortage-pennsylvania-trump-immigration-00560820
…In Tioga County, where President Donald Trump won 75 percent of the vote in 2024, farmers are losing patience with the White House’s promise of a quick solution for farm workers. Their urgent need is highlighted by stories like those of a multigenerational dairy farm that sold off all its dairy cows because the owner could not find workers and another where a farmer’s job listings have received no responses.
Farmers in the rural region near the New York border say those stories are not unique.
“The whole thing is screwed up,” said John Painter, a three-time Trump voter who runs an organic dairy farm in Westfield. “We need people to do the jobs Americans are too spoiled to do.”…