Applications for H-2A guest worker visas in the first quarter saw the largest increase ever for the program, up 36 percent from 2016’s record setting year.
Tom Demaline, president of Willoway Nurseries in Avon, Ohio, tells Brownfield they’ve been using the H-2A program for the past 18 years to source about two thirds of their seasonal workforce. “Everybody I talk to, friends from around the industry, are having trouble finding enough labor to fill the positions.
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