South Dakota agriculture producers will have an opportunity to learn more about Upper Midwest Puerto Rico Collaboration Project and connecting with future employees during the Central Plains Dairy Expo at the Sioux Falls Events Center.
Puerto Ricans and employment in the Midwest: Learn more at Dairy Expo
Extension staff met with Puerto Rican labor officials to discuss ways to help fill agricultural labor shortages in the U.S. Pictured here are Jose D. Melendez Vargas from the Department of Labor in Ponce, Carlos A. Román Román of the San Juan Deptartment of Labor, Héctor Pérez Jiménez of the Deptartment of Labor of Ponce, Jezenia Cruz Rodriguez from the San Juan Deptartment of Labor; SDSU Extension expert Maristela Rovai and Stanley Moore of Michigan State University Extension.





