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Comparison of Labor Costs between Florida and Mexican Strawberry Industries
Feng Wu, Zhengfei Guan, and
Agriculture
Abstract
Strawberry is a labor-intensive crop that requires a significant amount of labor. In Florida, labor is the largest cost item in the strawberry production budget, accounting for almost 40% of total production costs (Guan, Wu, and Whidden 2017). The objective of this study is to compare labor costs between Florida and Mexican strawberry industries.
About this Publication
This is EDIS document FE1023, a publication of the Department of Food and Resource Economics, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date December 2017. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.
How to Cite
Wu, F., Guan, Z., & Garcia-Nazariega, M. (2018). Comparison of Labor Costs between Florida and Mexican Strawberry Industries. EDIS, 2018(1). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe1023-2017
Authors
Feng Wu
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University of Florida
former research assistant scientist, Food and Resource Economics Department, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Balm, FL.
Zhengfei Guan
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University of Florida
associate professor, agricultural economics, Department of Food and Resource Economics, UF/IFAS Citrus Research and Education Center, Lake Alfred, FL
Melvin Garcia-Nazariega
agro-purchasing manager, Frexport SA de CV, Zamora, Mexico.