on July 17, 2019
Poultry industry takes labor concerns to Congress
Current guestworker programs do not address the year-round need for labor, NTF spokesman says
Leaders from the U.S. poultry industry told the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture the shortage of labor is a continuing problem and policy reforms regarding immigrant labor were part of the solution.
John Zimmerman, a Minnesota turkey grower and member of the National Turkey Federation (NTF)…