Last year, more than 470 farms hired approximately 3,800 seasonal farm workers. Some of these workers can earn around 3,000 euros during the season, but wages could increase further in the future due to competition for competent labour.
Karolīna, a resident of Smiltene region, is earning money for the second summer so that she will have less time to ask her parents for money during school hours. "I usually work all summer. First I weed and then I pick berries," the young woman sa...