https://modernfarmer.com/2022/07/dairy-farmers-mexican-workers-milked-book/ Farm. Food. Life. Thu, 04 Jul 2024 12:35:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://modernfarmer.com/2022/07/dairy-farmers-mexican-workers-milked-book/#comment-42742 Mon, 25 Jul 2022 22:37:32 +0000 https://modernfarmer.com/?p=147079#comment-42742 We have a similar problem in New Zealand, young people do not want to work on farms despite huge increases in wage rates. We rely almost entirely on workers from the Phillipines for dairy. The dairy farmers are accused of dirtying the ground water supplies and streams so there is a negative view of their activities. All cows are grass fed and there are no barns, what do your farmers do with all the waste from the barns?

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