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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 Under the Labor Department's failed proposal, paid farm workers would have to be 16 to use power equipment, such as tractors. They would have to be 18 to work at grain elevators, silos and feedlots.

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Farmers worry new labor rules will end teen jobs

Friday, December 02, 2011 Farmers say new labor rules could keep teens from farm jobs and fewer may go into agriculture

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