Max Armstrong shares information about how a labor shortage has caused farmers to leave crops in the field to rot in Santa Barbara County, which cost famers $13 million last year. From strawberries to field greens, farmers ended up plowing the crop back into the field.

Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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