A farm kid from Germany, Sweden or Switzerland might be the answer to your labour needs, but it’s neither simple, nor straightforward to bring one into Canada to work on your farm.
A panel discussion at Manitoba Ag Days highlighted some of the experiences farmers and immigration consultants have had accessing international labour.
Chris Raupers farms near Cardale, about half an hour northwest of Brandon, after immigrating from Germany with his parents many years ago.
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“My father worked with a local full-time employee,” Raupers said. “For the ‘extra seats’ that we needed filled at peak periods, we used German students.”
For more on this topic, see the Jan. 26 edition of the Manitoba Co-operator.
Manitoba Ag Days returned to Brandon’s Keystone Centre this year from Jan. 17-19.
