automation

Efforts Continue To Use Machines During Fruit & Vegetable Harvest
Efforts Continue To Use Machines During Fruit & Vegetable Harvest
Thanks to increasing labor costs, more and more fruit and vegetable growers are looking to rely on mechanical aid when it comes to harvest and improving efficiencies.   “A good example is in the Washington state apple industry growers are using platforms now where there are teams of workers could ride on the platform between orchard rows and move up and down that we don't have to lug around ladder
Are Robotics The Future Of The US Dairy Industry?
Are Robotics The Future Of The US Dairy Industry?
Automation has been integrated into almost all aspects of our lives, and dairy farms are no different. In the last five to ten years, there’s been a huge increase in farmers adopting automated milking systems, said Courtney Halbach, Outreach Specialist with The Dairyland Initiative “Part of the reasons behind that is because they want to improve labor efficiency as well as milk production. So, we