Minnesota’s dairy farmers turn to Hispanic workers
Tagged: MinnesotaPosted on: September 7th, 2007“There is no firm tally on what’s going on in Minnesota, but local farming experts say it’s quietly become a way of life for this quintessential Minnesota industry. The state is the nation’s sixth-largest milk producer.
“It started coming to the Midwest in the mid-1990s as herd sizes grew and families couldn’t keep up with them,” said Jim Dickrell of Monticello, Minn., editor of the national trade publication Dairy Today. “With these larger herds, say, 150 or more, Hispanic labor is now very common. It’s almost ubiquitous.”"
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