For some vegetable growers, they’re shaping decisions about where crops are planted, which crops are grown, and what technologies deserve investment. That reality may help explain one of the more intriguing findings from American Vegetable Grower’s 2026 State of the Vegetable Industry survey. To better understand labor’s impact, American Vegetable Grower compared growers who identified labor and labor costs as a major challenge with those who did not. Click here for more findings from the 2026 State of the Vegetable Industry survey. 0 1 5 Analyzing Labor's Ripple Effect on the Vegetable Industry