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Up Close - Agriculture & Food - July 30, 2010 |
Washington state produced a bumper crop of agricultural jobs in 2009, though the labor pool also grew, pushing some wages down and unemployment filings up, a report released earlier this month says.
According to the 2009 Agricultural Workforce in Washington State report, employment in agriculture increased 7 percent last year, to 102,530 jobs. Ag employment is a combination of seasonal and nonseasonal jobs, but the increase last year was driven almost entirely by seasonal work in o...
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According to the 2009 Agricultural Workforce in Washington State report, employment in agriculture increased 7 percent last year, to 102,530 jobs. Ag employment is a combination of seasonal and nonseasonal jobs, but the increase last year was driven almost entirely by seasonal work in o...
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