Farm Labor Shortages: Trump Admin Wants to Make it Cheaper to Hire Migrant Farm Workers

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Farm Labor Shortages: Trump Admin Wants to Make it Cheaper to Hire Migrant Farm Workers

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Published on Mar 16, 2026, 11:04:40 AM
Total time: 00:18:36

Episode Description

The Trump administration is making it cheaper for farmers to hire foreign farmworkers. U.S. agriculture has faced a long running labor shortage as farmworkers age and fewer Americans or new immigrants enter the field. Now with increased ICE enforcement those impacts could be spilling over as well. Greg and Holly discuss what changes are coming and hear insight from the President of the Utah Farm Bureau, Val Jay Rigby, to share what is happening in Utah. 

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