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Employment down on farms due to late start in plantingWASHINGTON (AP)--Farmers in the Midwest have been hiring fewer workers with the late start to the planting season. The National Agricultural Statistics Service says farmers in the lake region of Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota employed 52,000 workers during the week of April 6 to 12. That was down 7 percent from the same time the year before. The agricultural statistics service says that's partly due to planting being delayed. The region has had an unusually cold spring, which has delayed planting in a number of areas. But, wages are up for farm workers. The average pay for agricultural workers in the lake region was $11.25 per hour, up 17 cents from a year ago.
Date: 6/13/08
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