TY  - EJOUR
AB  - Reliance on foreign guest workers, rising minimum wages, and corporate social responsibility are three trends emerging within the Florida agricultural economy, particularly among labor-intensive specialty crop farms. These trends are creating higher costs and pushing employers into new management relationships with their farmworkers. On one hand, higher costs compromise the competitive position of agricultural operations. On the other hand, new management strategies could increase overall worker productivity, offset some administrative costs associated with labor management, and create new avenues of market access for their products. The success to which agricultural employers adjust to these trends with cost effective management strategies likely will determine their long-term economic success.
AU  - Roka, Fritz M.
AU  - Guan, Zhengfei
DA  - 2018-07
DA  - 2018-07
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.292479
DO  - doi
EP  - 87
EP  - 79
ID  - 292479
IS  - 01
JF  - International Journal of Agricultural Management
KW  - Farm Management
KW  - Labor and Human Capital
KW  - farmworkers
KW  - specialty crops
KW  - H-2A
KW  - corporate social responsibility
KW  - minimum wage
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/292479/files/s5.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/292479/files/s5.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/292479/files/s5.pdf
LA  - eng
LA  - English
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/292479/files/s5.pdf
N2  - Reliance on foreign guest workers, rising minimum wages, and corporate social responsibility are three trends emerging within the Florida agricultural economy, particularly among labor-intensive specialty crop farms. These trends are creating higher costs and pushing employers into new management relationships with their farmworkers. On one hand, higher costs compromise the competitive position of agricultural operations. On the other hand, new management strategies could increase overall worker productivity, offset some administrative costs associated with labor management, and create new avenues of market access for their products. The success to which agricultural employers adjust to these trends with cost effective management strategies likely will determine their long-term economic success.
PY  - 2018-07
PY  - 2018-07
SN  - 2047-3710
SP  - 79
T1  - Farm labor management trends in Florida, USA – challenges and opportunities
TI  - Farm labor management trends in Florida, USA – challenges and opportunities
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/292479/files/s5.pdf
VL  - 07
Y1  - 2018-07
T2  - International Journal of Agricultural Management
ER  -