At the recent 19th annual Agriculture Development Forum, Dr. Jeffrey Dorfman gave his predictions for agriculture's economic outlook. He warns that many people believe if inflation goes down, prices will too, but that may not be the case.
A federal judge has denied a Waynesville-based company’s request to block a federal rule change related to farm worker wages. The company argues the change could increase its costs by hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.
Waynesville’s USA Farm Labor Inc. (USAFL), one of the top three agencies assisting agriculture employers with the H-2A visa program, is suing the Department of Labor demanding they pause a rule change that could cost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. The suit calls for injunctive relief from the department’s rule change...
“Any material that we have had to purchase, 20% to 30% up on clamshells boxes, fertilizer over 100% up, fuel was crazy. Even this spring, with some of the crops bringing better pricing than last year, we still made more money last year because when you look at all of our costs with labor and everything being up, we didn’t do any better.” - Ron Cottle, Faison, N.C.
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