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Farm Labor Wage Up $.23/Hour from 2017
Iowa Ag Connection - 05/21/2018
There were 16,000 workers hired directly by farms in the Cornbelt II Region (Iowa and Missouri) during the reference week of January 7-13, 2018, according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service -- Farm Labor Report. Farm operators paid their hired workers an average wage rate of $13.85 per hour, up $0.03 from January 2017. The number of hours worked averaged 32.8 for hired workers during the reference week, compared with 35.3 hours in January 2017.
During the reference week of April 8-14, 2018, there were 21,000 workers hired directly by farms in the Cornbelt II Region (Iowa and Missouri). Farm operators paid their hired workers an average wage rate of $13.64 per hour during the April 2018 reference week, up $0.23 from April 2017. The number of hours worked averaged 31.7 for hired workers during the reference week, down from 37.2 hours in April 2017.
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