Infographic: Agriculture in Kansas

This infographic describes the important role the agriculture industry plays in Florida, and highlights the industry’s reliance on the immigrant workforce as well as its growing labor shortage needs.

Sources:

https://www.fb.org/market-intel/2019-h-2a-sets-records-while-a-2020-aewr-wage-increase-approaches

https://agriculture.ks.gov/about-kda/kansas-agriculture

https://www.kcur.org/agriculture/2017-11-09/labor-starved-ag-businesses-want-to-keep-immigrant-workers-in-us-legallyuseful

https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/naws/pdfs/NAWS_Research_Report_13.pdf

https://www.newamericaneconomy.org/feature/kansas-depends-on-its-immigrant-population-says-former-kansas-secretary-of-agriculture/

https://www.flatlandkc.org/curiouskc/question-everything/questions-answered/in-kansas-and-missouri-immigrants-are-rooted-in-the-agriculture-workforce/

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-wheat/u-s-farmers-scramble-for-help-as-covid-19-scuttles-immigrant-workforce-idUSKBN2431BQ

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