Short on help: New grant available to agricultural employers

Deadline is January 2024

Amy Hadachek
Nov 30, 2023
Nov 30, 2023

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BT Harvesting’s five combines cut good-yielding wheat in Vernon, Texas, in June 2023.

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C&K Harvesting moves equipment to Montana for harvest.

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Amy Hadachek

A new pilot grant program through the U.S. Department of Agriculture is providing between $25,000 to $2 million for agricultural employers to hire H2A workers.

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Custom labor shortage 2.jpg — The C&K Harvesting and Trucking crew harvests lentils in North Dakota.
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Custom labor shortage 3.jpg — The C&K Harvesting crew poses for a photo in Texas.
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Custom labor shortage 5.jpg — Equipment is lined up while the BT Harvesting crew takes a quick dinner break in southwest North Dakota this past August.
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Custom labor shortage 6.jpg — A rare line-up of almost all the BT Harvesting equipment in Clinton, Okla., in June 2023.
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Freelance writer Amy Hadachek is a two-time Emmy Award winning meteorologist and a storm chaser who earned her NWA and AMS Broadcast Meteorology Seals of Approval. She and her husband live on a diversified farm in Kansas. Reach her at editorial@midwestmessenger.com.