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To: tdl4138 who wrote (83837)	7/18/2007 4:08:17 PM
From: shades	Respond to of 110194

We're getting more and more fruits and vegetables from the likes of Chile and Ecuador because we simply don't have the labor to pick and work the fields. I go to U PICK farms whenever I can and pick my own stuff - there used to be a lot more of those than I see now. I have time thats lots of other people probably don't (when wives with golf husbands aren't calling - hehe) - but here is an automated solution to this problem: blog.scifi.com Strawberries in Plant City rotted in the fields...no labor. I saw that - how sad - but I got some free plant city strawberries - hehe. You would think if the extreme bears were right there would be lots of newly unemployed immigrants just itching for this work! I have seen these guys down at a local tree nursery sitting around and I offered them 10 an hour to do some work for me and they say no senore - 12 per hour MEENEEMUM! HAHA! Fugg em, when/if their bellies get hungry maybe they will want to work for less - but right now salvation army feeding people pretty well. Immigration reform sounds great...but who do they propose to take the place of the farm workers??? All the laid off construction labor? Why not? Either them or the robots I posted above. One of the fastest growing industries I'm aware of is the mechanization for picking fruits and vegetables. I've even seen mechanized tomato picking machines. Where can I go see it? I am near plant city. Why is this robot technology not taking off even faster? Labor is the biggest problem currently facing agriculture. Most CEO's I know say labor is their biggest problem in ANY industry - not just agriculture - hehe. The pimps tell me their ho's just don't act right - hehe.

To: tdl4138 who wrote (83837)	7/18/2007 4:12:11 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

RE:"Strawberries in Plant City rotted in the fields...no labor. Immigration reform sounds great...but who do they propose to take the place of the farm workers??? All the laid off construction labor? Same holds true for the citrus industry. A lot of the groves in Fla have fallen to subdivisions simply because you can't compete with foreign prices. Especially when the majority of Fla citrus is for the juice industry and doesn't command a premium" High school kids? We picked watermelons. OTOH, it goes far past farm workers.

To: tdl4138 who wrote (83837)	7/18/2007 4:12:40 PM
From: John Vosilla	Respond to of 110194

'One of the fastest growing industries I'm aware of is the mechanization for picking fruits and vegetables. I've even seen mechanized tomato picking machines. Labor is the biggest problem currently facing agriculture' Strange times huh? Worst housing bust in our lifetimes, so much automation and computerization replacing humans, 10's of millions of Mexicans desperate to come here and yet such a shortage of workers.. I recently read of a dire shortage even in New Orleans for everything, even $10k signing bonuses to work at Burger King.. Mish must be working overtime figuring out what he missed but all it would take is go back on this thread a year ago and reread his detractors posts<g> On large acreage in the heartland where you operate how much higher are prices today versus where they were five years ago?