Dairy farms face labor struggle; foreign works pose unique challenges

MIDDLEBURY — The Dec. 2 visit to Middlebury from the Mexican consulate in Boston gave Mexicans laboring on Addison County farms an opportunity to get important documents, get informed about legal rights, exchange ideas and experiences, and access various kinds of support. By: Gaen Murphree Source: Addison Independent Link: http://www.addisonindependent.com/201712dairy-farms-face-labor-struggle-foreign-works-pose-unique-challenges
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It also brought area farmers together with Consul General Emilio Rabasa to hear the farmer side of the equation.
Chief among dairy farmer concerns? The continued lack of federal immigration policy that supports the labor needs of dairy farms.
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Así lo expresó Domingo Possetto, secretario de la seccional Rafaela, quien además, afirmó que a los productores «habitualmente los ignoran los gobiernos». Además, reconoció la labor de los empresarios de las firmas locales y aseguró que están «esperanzados» con la negociación entre SanCor y Adecoagro.

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