Commentary: Automation’s past success in milling

Commentary: Automation's past success in milling

Grain-based foods, particularly flour milling, played a key role in one of the first times automation was a force in business in the developed world. The early lead does not mean that continuing progress along the same lines will see milling and baking avoid being charged with replacing human work with machines. This is especially true even if the industry’s progress at this stage might seem minimal. Assessing such possibilities has been made urgent by the focus during the last presidential election on causes of unemployment in specific areas. Indeed, blaming unemployment on the failure of government stood as […]

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