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2025 Organic Grower Labor Report

Frustration over how fruit and vegetable growers can afford to pay people to harvest their crops is growing in the nation’s orchards, vineyards and fields.

As H-2A becomes more difficult to use by the year, growers find escalating increases in Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWR) and associated costs not only challenging but also threats to their farms’ existence.

The ag labor headaches have forced specialty crops growers to reduce acreage, with some growers even considering leaving the business.

Download the 2025 Specialty Ag Labor Survey conducted by Great American Media Services to see what growers have to say.

Download the 2025 Ag Labor Report
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