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Nebraska Cattlemen outgoing president says labor concerns are widespread
The outgoing president of the Nebraska Cattlemen Association says he’s concerned about ongoing labor shortages.
Jerry Kuenning tells Brownfield it’s impacting every sector of U.S. agriculture.
“It’s not just in packing plants, it’s who’s going to milk the cows in the dairy barns, the hog barns, chicken houses, certainly in the feed lots right now, the only place to get a lot of this labor is through immigration,” he says.
But he says there’s uncertainty with how immigration policies could change under President-Elect Donald Trump.
“I hate to think that we deport these good people, these people that have families and have husbands, wives and get up every morning with a smile on their face, a let’s get it done attitude. I hate to just think that deportation is the answer to it. I personally don’t feel feel that it is,” he says.
Kuenning says about 50% of the total labor force in U.S. agriculture are migrant workers.
Brownfield interviewed Kuenning at the Nebraska Cattlemen convention in Kearney, Nebraska.
AUDIO: Jerry Kuenning, Nebraska Cattlemen
How dumb are you all? You voted to hurt other people, and yourselves, in order to give billionaires more money and give up our democracy (no protesting allowed, no freedom of religion, no freedom of speech, hired all your good ol’ boy thieves).
You know Israel has free healthcare, free eduction, free housing, and free groceries, right? We pay for it.
But god forbid that any of you would want the same thing for Americans.
You wanted this. You voted for it.
Now we have lost our country.
Not a single one of you have half a brain, or even a simple knowledge of history and the US Constitution.
This is why eduction is important – too bad you voted against that, too. You all were so easily manipulated. Trump tells you the sky is green and you jackbooted fools say “Yep, yep, yep.”
And why? Just so y’all can stick it to someone just as poor as you.
Your cows are smarter than you all.