Children as young as 12 work legally on farms, despite years of efforts to change law

And while children are generally prohibited from doing hazardous work in other sectors, there's an exception for agriculture. At 16, children can operate heavy machinery and perform tasks at any height while working on a farm without any protections ...

source https://www.npr.org/2023/06/12/1181472559/child-labor-farms-agriculture-human-rights-congress