Ken Fall

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SANTAQUIN – Peaches, apples and cherries are starting to blossom in orchards around Santaquin. To keep his family farm running and the fruit trees productive, Curtis Rowley relies on the federal H-2A guest worker program. “I’m just a farmer,”  Rowley said. “Part owner with all my brothers.”All the laborers at Cherry Hill Farms are on H-2A visas. At this time of year, Rowley says the plan is to employ 50 to 60 seasonal workers, the majority from Mexico.