Hiring migrant workers a matter of survival for some Utah farms

PAYSON — McMullin Orchards puts out the "help wanted" sign each year for workers to prune its trees and harvest its fruit.

This past year, owner Robert McMullin had more takers than usual. "We actually had three or four or five applicants," said the third-generation farmer.

But, he said, none of them stuck. Some put in as little as two hours before deciding picking cherries or peaches in the hot summer sun wasn't for them.

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