Thread: The Republican Mass Deportation Plan: Expand E-Verify, Send

The next hearing of the GOP-led House Immigration Subcommittee will showcase more of House Republicans’ mass deportation “visionâ€

There are programs the farmers can use to get all of the laborers that they need . It just costs them a little more so quit singing the blues .

Originally Posted by Hawk

There are programs the farmers can use to get all of the laborers that they need.

Americans used to do those jobs. Farmers have undercut Americans, by paying too little. Same old, same old.
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Americans first in this magnificent country

American jobs for American workers

Fair trade, not free trade

H2B visas for agricultural workers, hardly used. Why? They have to pay them a minimum wage and provide housing and healthcare.

It is much better for the subsidized agricultural industry to rely on their subsidized (by the taxpayers through healthcare, schooling and other benefits) slave labor force that they can exploit.

Most of our produce comes from foreign countries now

If American farmers don't want to follow the rules they should get out of the way and allow people who will

Personally I don't mind paying a bit more for American produce If I know there are no illegals involved..

Besides , there are very very few crops that are not or cannot be harvested by machine now

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The Republican Mass Deportation Plan: Expand E-Verify, Send More Jobs Overseas or Underground

Originally Posted by Justthefacts

Most of our produce comes from foreign countries now . . .

Most U.S. produce comes from California, Florida, Texas and other southern states. Many other crops are grown nationwide.

Major Crops Grown in the United States

In round numbers, U.S. farmers produce about $100 billion worth of crops and about $100 billion worth of livestock each year. Production data for major agricultural crops grown in this country are highlighted in the following table:

Major agricultural crops produced in the United States (excluding root crops, citrus, vegetable, etc).
Crop Harvested Area (million acres) Cash Receipts from Sales ($ billion)
Corn (grain) 72.7 - 15.1
Soybeans 72.7 - 12.5
Hay 59.9 - 3.4
Wheat 53.0 - 5.5
Cotton 13.1 - 4.6
Sorghum (grain) 7.7 - 0.82
Rice 3.0 - 1.2

Corn: The United States is, by far, the largest producer of corn in the world. Corn is grown on over 400,000 U.S. farms. In 2000, the U.S. produced almost ten billion bushels of the world’s total 23 billion bushel crop. Corn grown for grain accounts for almost one quarter of the harvested crop acres in this country. Corn grown for silage accounts for about two percent of the total harvested cropland or about 6 million acres. The amount of land dedicated to corn silage production varies based on growing conditions. In years that produce weather unfavorable to high corn grain yields, corn can be “salvagedâ€

Food Facts

California has been the number one food and agricultural producer in the United States for more than 50 consecutive years.

More than half the nation's fruit, nuts, and vegetables come from here.

California is the nation's number one dairy state.

California's leading commodity is milk and cream. Grapes are second.

California's leading export crop is almonds.

Nationally, products exclusively grown (99% or more) in California include
almonds, artichokes, dates, figs, kiwifruit, olives, persimmons, pistachios, prunes, raisins, clovers, and walnuts.

From 70 to 80% of all ripe olives are grown in California.

California is the nation's leading producer of strawberries, averaging 1.4 billion pounds of strawberries or 83% of the country's total fresh and frozen strawberry production. Approximately 12% of the crop is exported to Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Japan primarily. The value of the California strawberry crop is approximately $700 million with related employment of more than 48,000 people.

California produces 25% of the nation's onions and 43% of the nation's green onions.

Gilroy, California, "Garlic Capitol of the World."

http://www.beachcalifornia.com/californ ... facts.html
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Approximately 59,000 acres of avocados are grown in California.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avocado

Biggest U.S. Cash Crop: Marijuana

The annual marijuana crop harvested in the US is now the nation's most valuable,
worth more than cultivation of corn and wheat combined, ...

http://www.jointogether.org/news/headli ... -crop.html
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Based on a comparison with average production values of other crops marijuana is the top cash crop in 12 states, one of the top 3 cash crops in 30 states, and one of the top 5 cash crops in 39 states.

Marijuana is the largest cash crop in Alaska, Alabama, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia.

http://solari.com/blog/?p=2923

Originally Posted by Justthefacts

Most of our produce comes from foreign countries now

If American farmers don't want to follow the rules they should get out of the way and allow people who will

Personally I don't mind paying a bit more for American produce If I know there are no illegals involved..

Besides , there are very very few crops that are not or cannot be harvested by machine now

They got used to paying slave wages and now they are crying foul.... a lot of produce at the stores that I shop at are from FOREIGN COUNTRIES What the $%^&*&^%$#@! do we even grow and consume here anyway