WILTON, N.D. - Farmers in the Washburn area who are having a hard time finding workers are finding the solution to the problem in South Africa.
About a dozen men from that country are working on farms in the region. Most of them arrive in April, in time for spring's work, and stay through the fall harvest. They then return to their own farms, as the seasons are opposite in the Southern Hemisphere.
"By the time we get back home we start seeding again, so it's just keep on farming all the time," said Dirk Erasmus.
North Dakota's flat terrain requires adjustment, said Nico Uys, another of the workers.
"Where I'm from it's pretty hilly," he said. "We've got fields full of terraces."
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Uys and Erasmus said they enjoy working in North Dakota.
