Jim Bogart sees a growing trend in his patch of America: Farmers are turning more and more to machines because they can’t find enough workers to harvest fruits and vegetables.
It’s an issue costing California farmers millions of dollars and, they argue, it will eventually mean higher food prices at supermarkets.
“With the shortage of workers, we have to develop other means to help us grow, harvest and process our crops — robotics, mechanization, automation,” says Bogart, who is president of the Grower-Shipper Association of Central California.The farmers in Bogart’s area aren’t alone. Farmers across the state are investing more in […]
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