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Rural Utah still feels the labor squeeze of rising costs and immigration fears

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Published October 12, 2026 at 2:00 AM MDT Set KUER as preferred source Hugo Rikard-Bell / KUERUtah Dairy farmer Russ Kohler at Hidden Valley Artisan Cheese, Midway, Utah, Oct. 6, 2026. Kohler has struggled to find reliable workers for close to a decade.

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