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With grocery prices soaring by more than 13% in the year ending last month, families across America are having trouble putting food on the table. But the Labor Department threatens to make things worse with a new regulation.
One reason for the surging food prices has been a dwindling agricultural workforce. With many Americans leaving rural communities or not seeking seasonal agricultural jobs, farmers are struggling to find workers. In Idaho in 2019 only five people applied for more than 1,000 open agricultural positions offering roughly double the minimum wage.
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