A Cross Comparison Between California and Its Domestic and International Competitors With Respect to Key Labor Issues
| dc.creator | Hurley, Sean P. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T14:50:02Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T05:58:03Z | |
| dc.description | California had a market value of agricultural products sold of $25.7 billion in the year 2002 ranking it as the top agricultural producing state in the country. Approximately 74% of this market value was attributed to crop sales. California producers spent nearly $20.5 billion on total farm expenses. The largest single expense for agricultural producers in the state was labor at $4.3 billion. Another $1.6 billion was spent on contract labor. Hired and contract labor expenses accounted for nearly 29% of total farm expense. Approximately 34,000 California farms hired over 535,000 laborers. Of these farms, 25% reported hiring migrant labor and 29% hired 10 or more employees. With labor being such an integral part of the California producers’ operations, the purpose of this project is to do a cross-comparison regarding labor issues with other agricultural competitors, both domestic and international. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.121616 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/121616/files/010labor-final-report-6-30-04-3.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/121616 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/570681 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | ||
| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/121616 | |
| dc.title | A Cross Comparison Between California and Its Domestic and International Competitors With Respect to Key Labor Issues | |
| dc.type | Text |