Harvest Help app links farmers with seasonal agricultural workers
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 27 Oct, 18:02 · Archive
A mobile app called Harvest Help is connecting farmers with seasonal workers to address a growing agricultural labour shortage in Nebraska and Iowa. The app was created by John and Tommie Lenhart after they experienced difficulties finding workers for their own farming operations. Launched this autumn after two years of development, Harvest Help functions as a double-sided marketplace for short-term farm work.
Aaron Block, who took over his family's farm near Hallam, Nebraska about two years ago, relies on local community members during harvest season. Block said margins in farming are tight and it is difficult to find reliable help. The Lenharts, who live outside Nebraska City in Iowa, started farming sixteen years ago and own farmland in both states. John Lenhart works in grain marketing consulting and said the labour shortage is worsening as fewer young people enter agriculture.
Lenhart noted that farmers like him have had to hire contractors for various tasks including custom planting, custom harvesting, dirt work, tree work and trucking. He said the shortage of available workers is growing as the agricultural industry struggles to attract younger people into the sector.
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- Harvest Help app connects farmers with seasonal workers amid labor shortageA new mobile app called Harvest Help is connecting farmers with seasonal labor to fill a growing agricultural worker shortage.1011Now · 27 Oct, 17:42
- Harvest Help app connects farmers with seasonal workers amid labor shortageA new mobile app called Harvest Help is connecting farmers with seasonal labor to fill a growing agricultural worker shortage.WOWT · 27 Oct, 17:42
In this story: Harvest Help · Aaron Block · John Lenhart · Tommie Lenhart · Nebraska · Iowa
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