Why? Especially in Western states, illegal aliens can be found in dairy farms, especially the Big Ag ones, and not just truck farming or other horticultural agriculture.
In fact, in the West, more than half of the employees at today's dairies are illegals. And, arguably, they are even more exploited there than at places like California strawberry or lettuce farms.
Fortunately, I don't buy mass-market cheeses for other reasons; this is one more.
More on this situation here, on the bare numbers, here, on the attempt by Big Ag dairymen to get their workers legalized (NO, unless better agricultural work safety rules are adopted – and enforced) and here, on dairy farming price pressures. The second article, in a segue to the third, asks what the price point will be for dairymen to turn more toward technology, rather than labor, for more of their work needs.
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