It&#x27;s particularly import for people who are legislating minimum wage laws to read articles like this.  Most of the legislation I&#x27;ve seen drafted, always has an exception for farm labor - and here is an example why.  If you <i>didn&#x27;t</i> have that exception, then it would quickly become the case that automation&#x2F;machinery ends up being cheaper (or soon will), and those jobs will vanish pretty quickly.<p>Now, that might not be entirely undesirable, from the perspective of the legislator (I.E. Move people up the feeding chain to more productive, better paying jobs, and automate the drudge work like raking berries) - but at the very least, they need to be aware of the impact of what they are doing.