Agriculture
My wife and younger son and I recently took a trip to the north-central Plains. I’m referring to the Dakotas and several states around them. Our son planned the whole trip and drove the whole way. It was a great trip and it’s a great region to visit. Here are a couple of maps to […]
Once again, President Trump has promoted a bizarre policy of bringing self-deported illegal aliens back into the United States. As I previously reported, on April 10th, Trump proposed this idea at a public cabinet meeting. On April 15, tax day for American citizens, the President had similar things to say in a friendly and supportive interview […]
In recent decades it has become a tradition in the United States to eat guacamole at Super Bowl watch parties. The principal ingredient of guacamole is the avocado. Most avocadoes consumed in the United States are imported from Mexico. This year it’s estimated that Mexican producers are sending 110,000 tons of avocadoes to the United […]
There are at least three illegal alien amnesty bills in the U.S. Congress. For the entire blog entry, click here. Blog entry by Allan Wall, published December 7th, 2022 on Border Hawk Blog.
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The latest installment of the Said in Spanish Series, with six items: 1. AMLO’S Proposed Guest Worker Plan 2. Mexican Detention of Central Americans 3. Guatemalan Loses Arm in Mexico 4. Remittances to Mexico 5. Mexicans in U.S. to have representation in Mexican Congress 6. Foreign Frijoles in Mexico To read the entire article, click […]
The Guatemalan government complains about the U.S. deporting sick Guatemalans back to their own country. But the same Guatemalan government is sending out more guest workers who might catch coronavirus. And the U.S. is helping. Why? Well, there is a reason. As they say, follow the money. To read the entire article, click here. Article […]
Trump doesn’t know much about agriculture, and sadly, the President has imbibed the Kool-Aid of the agricultural cheap labor lobby. Trumps says if we don’t have cheaper foreign agricultural labor “we’re not going to have farms”. For the entire blog entry, click here. Blog entry by Allan Wall, published April 2nd, 2020, on VDARE.COM.
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The supposed need for more agricultural laborers has, since the days of slavery, been a major justification for the use of cheap labor. In the long run though “cheap labor” is anything but cheap. As agriculture continues to be mechanized/automatized/robotized, this excuse is less and less valid, if it ever was. Even the New York Times is […]
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I grew up on a dairy, and I can appreciate a recent article on NPR (National Public Radio) about robots on dairy farms. It’s estimated that 5% of U.S. dairy farms now use robots to milk cows. How is this going to effect labor arrangements? For the entire blog entry, click here. Blog entry by […]
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