Food news from the UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Author: Ria DeBiase, Communications Director, Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics
Published on: December 6, 2024
Workers pack lettuce in the field. The changing demographics of U.S. and Mexican farmworkers are linked with worker shortages. A UC study finds the H-2A visa program offers a solution but with steep costs. Photo by Steve Boucher
Rising farm labor costs could shift more U.S. crop production to Mexico
A dwindling and aging agricultural workforce, coupled with higher labor costs, have added pressure on U.S. farms over the past decade. A recent study by University of California agricultural economists Alexandra Hill and James Sayre explores these changing trends in U.S. and Mexican farmworker demographics and the potential implications for U.S. farms.
They found that the incentives to enter the United States under the H-2A visa program for farmwork far outweigh the incentives to immigrate for farm work without proper...
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