Can automation alleviate labour shortages on US farms?

Can automation alleviate labour shortages on US farms?

According to the agriculturedive.com , self-driving tractors and other autonomous technologies would not only be well positioned to fill the gaps, “but could also reinvigorate interest in an industry that has struggled to recruit the next generation of workers”.

Some of the major players that have emerged in the ‘autonomous revolution’ are Deere & Company and software start-up Agtonomy.

“There’s obviously struggles with labour shortages around the country, and so people are always looking at ways [of] how they can get more done in the shortest amount of time,” said Micheal Porter, the go-to-market manager for large tractors at Deere & […]

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