Help From Afar: Texan relies on South African employees

摘要

Custom harvester Al Lutz's crew traveled thousands of miles to report for work on March 21. Those 20 employees, all from South Africa, will work for Lutz until late November. The men are here under the U.S. Department of Labor's seasonal ag employmentprogram. Before arriving, they obtained H2A visas from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. With the exception of two full-time truck drivers, Lutz relies on the H2A program to provide the manpower he needs to chop and truck forages in seven states.