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In Washington orchards, immigration crackdown sows fear and uncertainty

Aaron Clark, a vice president for Price Warehouse & Cold Storage, focuses on hiring local workers for apple harvests grown on some 3,500 acres of central Washington orchard lands, which include this ...
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WA fruit orchard company to layoff more than 1,500 seasonal workers

Stemilt Ag Services LLC is laying off 1,561 workers as the fruit harvest season comes to an end. The Wenatchee-based company is known for its high-elevation orchards producing apples, pears, and ...
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WSU researchers develop robotic arm to aid with labor and boost productivity in orchards

PULLMAN, Wash. — A cost-effective, robotic apple picker arm developed by researchers at Washington State University (WSU) could someday help with fruit picking and other farm chores, according to ...
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In Washington orchards, immigration crackdown sows fear and uncertainty

UNION GAP, Wash. — On a chilly fall morning, farmworkers fanned out through an orchard here to pick rose-hued apples from green rows of trees that flank this central Washington valley’s irrigated ...
Seattle Times

In WA orchards, immigration crackdown sows fear and uncertainty

UNION GAP, Wash. — On a chilly fall morning, farmworkers fanned out through an orchard here to pick rose-hued apples from green rows of trees that flank this Central Washington valley’s irrigated ...