With shortage of local labor, farmers and advocates want Congress to create incentives for migrant farmworkers

Coloradans are about to enjoy the bounty of the summer: Rocky Ford melons, Palisade peaches, and Olathe sweet corn. But the farmers who grow that produce have a big problem. There just aren’t enough workers. “I cannot find domestic workers who want to work seasonally at any price,” said David Harold of the Tuxedo Corn Company in Olathe. He and

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