With grocery costs hovering by greater than 13% within the yr ending final month, households throughout America are having bother placing meals on the desk. However the Labor Division threatens to make issues worse with a brand new regulation.
One motive for the surging meals costs has been a dwindling agricultural workforce. With many Individuals leaving rural communities or not looking for seasonal agricultural jobs, farmers are struggling to search out employees. In Idaho in 2019 solely 5 individuals utilized for greater than 1,000 open agricultural positions providing roughly double the minimal wage.
