Joe Del Bosque
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Oct 8, 2026
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them for market.
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Joe Del Bosque has about 150 seasonal workers each summer to harvest organic cantaloupe on his farm in western Fresno County.
Joe Del BosqueSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I do this year after year.
Joe Del BosqueSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I do it because I like it and because it's necessary, but also for the family.
Darcy BurkeHOST
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Darcy VilleryHOST
You can bring 'em down and, and take 'em on a, take 'em on the Madera Wine Trail, and then end at, uh, Joe Del Bosque's fruit stand or something like that.
Esmeralda SoriaGUEST
Right.
Darcy BurkeHOST
Yeah.
Mike DebuskyHOST
The law will raise the hourly pay of H-2A farm workers and domestic workers from $16.90 to $19.75 an hour.
Mike DebuskyHOST
However, business owners like Joe Del Bosque say they're concerned about increased costs.
Jamie FoxxADVERTISER
Bills like this are especially hard on small farmers.
Jamie FoxxADVERTISER
You know, they're, they're always kind of teetering, you know? And an increase like this could put them out of business.
Grant JohnsonCORRESPONDENT
that are preparing them for market.
Grant JohnsonCORRESPONDENT
Joe Del Bosque hires about 150 seasonal workers each summer to harvest organic cantaloupe on his farm in western Fresno County.
Vincent CamarilloCORRESPONDENT
I do this year after year.
Vincent CamarilloCORRESPONDENT
I do it because I like it and because it's necessary, but also for the family.
Margo KimHOST
Supporters say it restores a federal pay floor the Trump administration lowered last year.
Margo KimHOST
But more than a dozen farming groups oppose the legislation, including local melon grower Joe Del Bosque, who usually hires about 150 seasonal workers in western Fresno County.
Joe Del BosqueSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Farmers are going to try to cut back on jobs, cut back on hours.
Joe Del BosqueSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's going to impact these people in a negative way.