Other possible non-skilled ag tasks could include picking fruit/vegetables, milking cows/goats, feeding animals, cleaning animal pens, working with bales…idk there’s just a lot of things they can do with very little skill or experience. Lots of menial tasks.
For many crops, picking fruit, for example, is an immensely skill-oriented task in order to do it fast enough to be profitable.
Hence when they are “migrant” workers who keep making their way north all harvest season to keep harvesting the crops as they become ready. A lot of fruits have a narrow harvest window of just a few days, and you can’t wait around for a bunch of novices try to figure out how to harvest them.
I’ve done some fruit picking ((some)). I’m approaching it from the grossly underpaid prison labor perspective; it is easier to make it profitable when labor costs are low. We’re not giving these guys even $10/hr.
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For many crops, picking fruit, for example, is an immensely skill-oriented task in order to do it fast enough to be profitable.
Hence when they are “migrant” workers who keep making their way north all harvest season to keep harvesting the crops as they become ready. A lot of fruits have a narrow harvest window of just a few days, and you can’t wait around for a bunch of novices try to figure out how to harvest them.
I’ve done some fruit picking ((some)). I’m approaching it from the grossly underpaid prison labor perspective; it is easier to make it profitable when labor costs are low. We’re not giving these guys even $10/hr.