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- From: Allan Balliett <aballiett AT frontiernet.net>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [Market-farming] Wages
- Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:47:06 -0400
We are really getting the shaft on our H2-A farm workers this season. Until they arrive, I'm hiring local people to help on the farm. It's a nightmare, really. The average person doesn't last more than 3 days (and by 'day,' I actually mean 4-6 hours) and doesn't arrive on time on any of those days.
I'm looking now to try to hire some High School students. Local farmers have told me that I should pay High School students about $5 an hour. That seems very light to me, but, then again, $8.50 to $10 we offer adult workers seems very high for what we are getting in return. (In fact, what we get in return is VERY depressing when I look at what it costs us. Worse, of course, is how much of my own time is consumed in just the acting hiring and re-hiring. Oh, here's a new time waster: this is the first year we've had 'shopping WWOOFERS," wwoofers who want to come to the farm for a tour to see if they want to come back later and wwoof. I've yet to understand how come people think I've got so much time. I should have gone into soybeans, I think.)
Anyway, sorry for the tirade.
Thanks
-Allan in WV
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bcluton, 03/24/2009
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David Inglis, 03/24/2009
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[Market-farming] Wages,
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Re: [Market-farming] Wages,
Andy Fellenz, 03/24/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Wages,
Allan Balliett, 03/25/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Wages,
Andy Fellenz, 03/25/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Wages, WENDY & RANDY GRAY, 03/26/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Wages,
Andy Fellenz, 03/25/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Wages,
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Liz, 03/25/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Wages, Allan Balliett, 03/26/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Wages,
Andy Fellenz, 03/24/2009
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[Market-farming] Cell Phones and Farming.,
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Re: [Market-farming] Cell Phones and Farming.,
Andy Fellenz, 03/24/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Cell Phones and Farming.,
Allan Balliett, 03/24/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Cell Phones and Farming., Andy Fellenz, 03/24/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Cell Phones and Farming.,
Allan Balliett, 03/24/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Cell Phones and Farming.,
Andy Fellenz, 03/24/2009
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[Market-farming] Wages,
Allan Balliett, 03/24/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] high-residue / zone tillage,
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