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000121569 245__ $$aSurvey of New York Dairy Farm Employers 2009
000121569 260__ $$c2011-03
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000121569 336__ $$aWorking or Discussion Paper
000121569 490__ $$aResearch Bulletin
000121569 490__ $$a2011-01
000121569 520__ $$aThe purpose of this study is to gather information from fruit, vegetable and dairy farm
employers regarding agricultural workforce issues in New York agriculture. The survey
provides new insights into five key topic areas; the number of workers on New York
farms, employee wages and benefits, characteristics of the Hispanic workforce, attitudes
among farm operators regarding proposed State labor law changes and Federal
immigration reform.
The agricultural workforce for fruit, vegetable and dairy farms in New York including
part-time and full-time workers totaled 33,200. The focus of this report is on the dairy
industry where the number of hired dairy employees is estimated to be 9,600.
Dairy farm employers reported that experienced general laborers were paid an average of
$9.98 per hour and experienced milkers were paid an average of $9.71. Dairy employers
also reported salary ranges for hired managers. They reported that 8% of middle
managers and 38% of top-level managers earn salaries of $50,000 or more annually.
Hispanic workers play an increasingly important role in the New York dairy industry.
The survey found that there are 2,600 Hispanic dairy workers in the State. Regarding
their Hispanic workers, dairy farm employers reported that the two issues requiring the
most assistance were immigration issues and language skills.
At the time the survey was conducted, New York’s labor advocates and farm employers
were debating legislation that would have required farm employers to provide their
workers overtime pay and collective bargaining rights. The majority of dairy farmers
surveyed indicated that they would be very concerned if their workers were allowed to
form unions and if they were required to pay overtime.
Regarding Federal immigration reform, survey participants were asked to rate the
importance of national immigration reform, a path to citizenship and a guest worker
program to their business. While all three issues were important to farm managers, a path
to citizenship was reported to be less important than national immigration reform or a
guest worker program.
000121569 650__ $$aLivestock Production/Industries
000121569 700__ $$aMaloney, Thomas R.
000121569 700__ $$aBills, Nelson L.
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