But what she just said, I asked, what is the biggest cost driver for you? Labor costs. I used to have all these families who come here, up here, eight months work. They like working 68. I paid them a lot of money, like $25 an hour, way more than minimum wage. They loved working. Now I'm required to pay them over time. I now can't afford that. So now I can only work them 40 hours. They're going to go to another farm. (49:29–49:35)
CLAIM
Asserts that farm workers were paid $25 an hour, which is above the minimum wage.
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