The problem of finding enough workers to pick fruits and vegetables continues to overhang Georgia’s farming industry . . .
The agriculture and hospitality industries, two of the biggest employers in Georgia, suffered major economic damage this year from the implementation of the state’s controversial immigration law . . .
At the Georgia Farm Bureau’s annual convention, the talk is of how farmers can find enough migrant workers to harvest their crops . . .
State senators hear discouraging reports from business groups about the impact of HB 87, Georgia’s controversial immigration law . . .
One of Georgia’s largest agricultural organizations tells state lawmakers that a proposal to use probationers in place of absent migrant workers to harvest crops has not worked out . . .
Some of the politicians who want to take stern measures against undocumented immigrant workers didn’t always take such a hard-nosed stance . . .
In an example of the pot calling the kettle black, former governor Sonny Perdue chides his successor, Nathan Deal, for signing an immigration bill that scared away migrant workers . . .
A new survey from the Georgia Agribusiness Council indicates that nearly half of the state’s farms and related businesses are experiencing labor shortages, in large part because the new immigration law is driving off migrant workers . . .
Georgia’s new immigration law appears to have had a negative impact on the migrant labor force available for farm work . . .
Facing the possible loss of farm workers from the enactment of the new immigration law, Georgia’s farmers will also have to cope with drought conditions . . .
