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Jul 30, 2009 | Posted by: Agent of Chaos

Got Workers? Dairy Farms Run Low on Labor

Full story: online.wsj.com

Jesus Rodriguez, a Mexican who can't read or write, sometimes mixes up the numbers that identify the cows that he milks. But he can easily tell one brawny black-and-white Holstein from another, and discern when they are sick, in heat or just plain moody.

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“Natural laws have no pity”

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Yeah, just the type of person I want working around any dairy farms.
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Agent of Chaos wrote:
Yeah, just the type of person I want working around any dairy farms.
Doesn't read or write or wash his hands after going to the bathroom. Do you think food or drink products with a feral mexican workers are safe?
funny

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"You'd bring thousands of people who would work in dairy farming and then compete with Americans for jobs in manufacturing, construction and services," says Roy Beck, executive director of NumbersUSA, a national organization that lobbies for immigration reduction. Given the recession, "this is a time when we know it's possible to find Americans to do this work. If you had the right recruiting, pay and working conditions, you could handle this with Americans."

Getting fed up fast.
Macedon The Barbarian

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Yeah, just the type of person I want working around any dairy farms.
"Agent of Cow's" you look like a perfect person for milking cow's , why don't you send your application to some farm ?
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Hard working man indeed. Chaos should try it. milky milky!:P
Quirky

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Texicana wrote:
Hard working man indeed. Chaos should try it. milky milky!:P
Yea, Right.

“Natural laws have no pity”

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Macedon The Barbarian wrote:
Yeah, just the type of person I want working around any dairy farms.
"Agent of Cow's" you look like a perfect person for milking cow's , why don't you send your application to some farm ?
ROTFLMFAO...Been there, done that. How about you?
You try it sometime and then get back to me.
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