Agribusiness is relying more and more on illegal immigrant labor, and the government may be moving to make sure we know less about the problems of migrant farmworkers. From the AP: The Labor Department has decided to quit collecting data on migrant farm workers even as its reports showed the share of illegal immigrants holding those jobs grew from 7 percent to more than 50 percent in just a decade. The information is part of a survey that is the sole authority on the work and living conditions of farm workers in the United States. The National Agricultural Workers Study affects immigration and guest worker policies and influences government programs that help the workers and their families. A Labor Department official described the decision to quit collecting data as a "temporary pause." The less we know, the more likely we are to perpetuate the exploitation of migrant farmworkers. For one snapshot of these problems, see this stunning report from Human Rights Watch: Fingers to the Bone: United States Failure to Protect Child Farmworkers.