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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
Used to be a time that seasonal workers came over the border, picked the crops, then went back home.
When it became more difficult for them to get here they stopped going home.
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A lot has changed in this regard. I did a lot of commercial US flying in Washington State and the large growers there have to recruit workers...drive them up in air conditioned buses, house them properly, etc.
It was a real eye-opener.
The reason why they were interested in UAS was because labor, once a small part of their value equation, is now a large part.
This is all good news for the workers. I learned a lot over two summers.
On one large farm I met the Chief Technology Officer and the Head Grower in one of six new dormitories they had built to house the workers.