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“A third of Jerry Dobbins’ 155-acre strawberry crop rotted on the vine this year. His blueberry bushes are so heavy with fruit that the branches are hanging near the ground.
There is no one to pick them.
Dobbins Berry Farm in Southwest Washington near the Columbia River is one of many farms across the state facing a huge labor shortage this growing season, as tighter security along the U.S.-Mexico border has crimped the supply of Latino migrant farm workers.”
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