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Studies show a percent decrease in the agricultural workforce can lead to as much as a percent drop in fruit and vegetable production and a percent decline in farm revenue. A 21 percent workforce shortfall would cost consumers $ billion in domestic fresh produce alone.

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The interim rule was filed on October 2, the second day of the government shutdown when most Labor Department staff were furloughed and not working. Publishing during the shutdown when career staff we...

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