How dependent
on immigrant labor
are Wisconsin dairy farms?
Any farm that
employs anybody
is going to
have immigrants
on any dairy farm.
At that point
we determined
based on everything
that we know
that at least 80%
and I would guess 90%
of the milk harvested
every day in Wisconsin
is harvested by immigrants.
And so are
these workers
in the U.S. legally?
Well, there is
no visa
available for immigrants
to get to work
on dairy farms.
The H-2A visa is
for short-term employment
10 months
and dairy is
24 hours a day
seven days a week
365 days a year.
So, there is no legal way
for them to get here.
According to the directions
from the IRS
if you look at the documents
and they appear genuine
you accept them.
And that's what we do.
And all of our employees
have green cards.
If Congress isn't going to
do their work
we still have to milk the cows.
We still have to produce the mil
We still have to deliver calves.
We can't just sit and wait
for some political posturing
and reelection things
and everything else.
So, we get things done
and that's what
we need to do.