>Farmers in Alabama are fretting that crops may rot in the ground for a lack of workers to bring in the harvest. Aren't they just investing? Not exactly like

>Farmers in Alabama are fretting that crops may rot in the ground for a lack of workers to bring in the harvest. Aren't they just investing? Not exactly like normal investments, but if they let some crops rot, they can use it as a corner stone for an attempt to keep their normal cheap labor flowing, which ends up earning them more money than just paying Americans enough to harvest the crops.