help lila add additional information, the robesonian why farmers are standing against free trade This article describes the contract wage and policy farmers' battle to make ends meet. By using free trade, farmers cannot yield the necessary profits to break even or make a profit and are, at best, going against free trade, too, in a way, helping boost their profit margins and prevent losses to their crops and products. Since the 1960s, farmers have struggled to increase and make a decent wage to support their families to the point they proposed destroying their crops and milk to force a price increase to be able to profit. Now, farmers worldwide are pouring into the streets to demand higher pay for the food they sell