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Thanks for the Post Jamo. I will back up the fact that Construction workers were standing in line to work during the boom & the 8 yrs prior. I worked in underground construction. That means guys were willing to move a shovel all day, work on a sewer line or crawl 200' of 24" Drain Pipe to seal & check for cracks. Of course the reason they are willing to do this comes down to $$$. Construction pays well. Yes, this leads into the "AG Needs to pay more" department. And while that is true I know the other side is that they just CAN'T. I spent some time with a retired Milk Farmer & his wife this summer in Upstate, NY. If the same is there as in the the rest of the industry it's a pretty tough market to survive. They said the price they were getting per Gallon of Milk is the same as it was 20 years ago. We also toured Old MacDonalds farm outside of Watertown. That was interesting. Interesting to see the process. All of their milk is made into cheese, they said. Reason being that the Cheese factory is only a few miles down the road & they have to transport it. Comes down to cost of doing business.