Indiana has a labor shortage problem on farms and the problem has been growing every year with no real long term solutions in sight. From Brown Field Ag News:
“We depend a lot on seasonal labor and there’s a shortage of that. It seems to be harder every year, but we need reliable help and it’s just very hard,” he says. “We have labor for about 30 days in the spring and about 60 days of harvest and to find an incentive to get workers to come up and do this kind of work to provide food is hard. It’s getting harder to get these workers today.”
Brown Field Ag News
The problem doesn’t stop at farms however. Indiana also has a shortage of auto mechanics. From WRTV.com:
Right now, we are seeing a labor shortage in a lot of fields including auto services. Many dealerships and auto shops are pleading for more people to get into the industry.
WRTV.com
The problem is compounded by the fact that as vehicles transform from internal combustion engine to more electrical and digitized vehicles, the level of technology knowledge, skill and experience will need to raise in order to service those vehicles.
According to News Nation Now, Indiana also has a teacher shortage:
Across the state of Indiana, there are at least 1,546 open teaching positions, according to the Indiana Department of Education’s school personnel job bank. U.S. Department of Education data lists math, science, language arts and special education as the subjects with the most teacher shortages in Indiana.
News Nation Now
A lack of farmers, mechanics, teachers and others doesn’t bode well for Indiana. It is also a state located in the north prone to have migration of older people to warmer southern climates over time as the population ages.
The companies based in Indiana may have difficulty in meeting labor needs in the near future so we’ll keep researching.
Stay tuned, stay profitable and stay solvent…