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

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Heber Valley dairyman Russ Kohler says finding and retaining workers is getting harder as Utah farmers face labor shortages, rising costs and growing fear around immigration enforcement. Russ Kohler stands at the edge of one of his grazing pastures, looking toward his red milking barn silhouetted by the hills of Heber Valley.

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