Patrick O'Brien may refer to: (wikipedia)
There's a general view that farmers just want to hire cheap labor, and they could find plenty of workers if they were just willing to pay better wages. But the wage data show that the average farm worker already makes nearly twice the minimum wage, with benefits on top of that.
Farm work is hard work, and a lot of folks just don't want to do it at any wage. This is not about cheap labor.
