American Farming and IMMIGRATION.
Evolution and Future of US Farm
The need for Labor and Automation



Hi, I am interested in the Evolution of Farming in America.

What percentage of Labor is done by IMMIGRANTS legal or illegal.

Which are the American States where IMMIGRANTS have a larger farming concentration ??

Those agricultural areas of the North are free of IMMIGRATION. I presume ??

Is it true that the U. S. Farmer as we see in Old Movies ( Lassie or Wizard of OZ ) is disappearing ??

And that only Big Corporate Farming has a Future ???

Is it true that the Future of U. S. Agriculture lies in full automation where the tractors and vehicles are not manned but fully robotized ???

I assume that there are crops that are "delicate or fragile" and therefore are not easy subjects to automation :

Vineyards, Grapes, Berries of all kinds. Delicate Fruits, etc .... Machines could destroy the fruit or the tree/shrub.

So I assume that the IMMIGRANT ( Legal or Illegal ) is most wanted where labor can not be replaced by machines.

Is it true that there is a backlash against hydroponics because of concentration of chemicals. ???

And what about Canada ??? .... .Does it have a share of immigrant labor in Agriculture. Does Canadian Agriculture have a future or is a Long Winter a serious obstacle for Efficiency and Productivity. ???

Is Agriculture flowing to the Southern States or are they threatened by Hurricanes and Tornados ???

Perhaps the Future of American Agriculture is in Cereals ??? ( Less vulnerable to Hurricanes and better for the Northern States ??? ) And also cereals do not require so much labor ???

Thank you very much for any information

Vicente Duque