It depends on what you mean by "farmers." Even small individually- or family-owned farms are going to depend to a large extent on seasonal agricultural labor. I

It depends on what you mean by "farmers." Even small individually- or family-owned farms are going to depend to a large extent on seasonal agricultural labor. It's worth being clear when you talk about this whether by "farmers" you mean those laborers, who are often poor, or the landowners, who usually aren't.