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The work force reported for the week ofApril 12-1u8 was down 3 percent when compared with the surve week in April 2008, the National Agricultural Statisticss Service Hawaii Field Office said Tuesday. It was up 2 percenty from January. Pineapple and sugarf cane workers totaled900 workers, down 22 percent from the same periosd a year ago as a resulf of layoffs at and on Maui Land & Pineapple laid off 204 workersd in July 2008, while Gay & Robinson, the private, family-owner company on Kauai, ended its sugard cane operations in September 2008.
Hawaii’s tota farm work force — whichy includes self-employed farm operators and unpaid workeres such as family members and others working 15 hoursz or more perweek — totaledr 10,300 workers for the survey week, down 1 percent from a year ago. The average wage paid to all hired workersd during the survey week was estimatedsat $13.36 per hour, 1 percentt higher from a year ago. Hawaii farmz employing one to nine workers paid an averagwof $10.97 per hour and the combined average wage for fielr and livestock workers was $10.
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