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Read firsthand the articles, interviews, and commentary where Grow It Here experts are helping shape the conversation around labor in agriculture. 

Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture

Immigration Enforcement, Labor Outcomes and Consumer Welfare: Evidence from U.S. Meat and Poultry Processing Plants

May 13, 2026

Straight Arrow News

Immigration crackdowns spur fears of labor shortages for farmers

April 19, 2026

New York Times (via GV Wire)

Trump Administration Turns to Migrants to Address Farm Labor Shortage

March 16, 2026

WPR

Deportations are set to explode — a huge worry for farmers already facing a labor shortage

January 5, 2026

NBER

The Economic Impact of Mass Deportations

December 31, 2025

Farm Journal / AgWeb

Overnight Exodus: How an ICE Raid Cut This Dairy's Workforce by More Than Half

December 31, 2025

AgriPulse

Food cost increases tied to labor shortages, new report finds

December 18, 2025

Scripps News

Despite new aid, farmers say labor shortages significantly driving up prices

December 17, 2025

Fox News 17

Despite new aid, farmers say labor shortages significantly driving up prices

December 17, 2025

Brownfield Ag News

FARM LABOR SHORTAGES DRIVE HIGHER FOOD PRICES, MICHIGAN STATE RESEARCH FINDS

December 17, 2025

Iowa Capital Dispatch

Ag labor shortages cause higher food prices, study finds

December 17, 2025

NPR

ICE raids have deterred foreign farm workers, but farmers hope to make hiring easier

December 2, 2025

Fresh Plaza

U.S. Thanksgiving highlights farm labor pressures

November 28, 2025

Brownfield Ag News

Farmers call for long-term labor reform as Thanksgiving food production faces worker shortages

November 27, 2025

The Fence Post

Thanksgiving dinner costs down amid controversy

November 26, 2025

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