Immigrant workers have significant impact on agriculture, dairy farms

The purpose of days like Day WIthout Latinos and Day Without Immigrants is to show the value of immigrant workers in our communities, which is especially true in the dairy industry, where immigrant workers make up more than 50 percent of farm employees. "They are a significant impact on agriculture, especially the dairy industry," Jennifer Blazek said. "Having those people who are willing to work and who are hard workers, a lot of farmers have really enjoyed the work ethic of their employees," Blazek said. She said without them there could be significant impacts. "I think the most prominent thing that we might see here locally is a lot of dairy farms going out of business," Blazek said.