Immigration policy, foreign agricultural labor, and exit intentions in the United States dairy industry

United States agriculture is dependent on foreign labor. Current US immigration policies have been alleged to disrupt agricultural labor availability, particularly that of hired foreign labor. A national survey of dairy farmers across herd sizes and regions of the United States was conducted and the...

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Published in:Journal of dairy science 2010-04, Vol.93 (4), p.1774-1781
Main Authors: Susanto, D., Rosson, C.P., Anderson, D.P., Adcock, F.J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture - legislation & jurisprudence
Agriculture - manpower
Animal productions
Biological and medical sciences
dairy industry
Dairying - legislation & jurisprudence
Dairying - manpower
Emigrants and Immigrants - legislation & jurisprudence
Employment
exit intention
Food industries
foreign labor
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
immigrants
immigration
issues and policy
migrant workers
Milk and cheese industries. Ice creams
Politics
Public Policy
surveys
Terrestrial animal productions
Transients and Migrants - legislation & jurisprudence
United States
Vertebrates
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Summary:United States agriculture is dependent on foreign labor. Current US immigration policies have been alleged to disrupt agricultural labor availability, particularly that of hired foreign labor. A national survey of dairy farmers across herd sizes and regions of the United States was conducted and the results were used to estimate the extent to which hired foreign labor dependency will affect exit intentions in dairy farming. This study found that the expected probability of exit from dairy farming increased as the use of hired foreign labor intensified. But the expected probability of exit also decreased rapidly as herd sizes got larger. Given the immigration policy currently in place, farmers expecting labor shortages in the future are expected to experience greater tendency to exit the industry.
ISSN:0022-0302
1525-3198
DOI:10.3168/jds.2009-2733