Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration through stepped-up arrests and border enforcement has shaken the U.S. agricultural sector, where as many as 7 in 10 farm workers are undocumented, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.
Trump Effect: Farmers Turn from Foreign Pickers to Automation
Brenda Walker November 11, 2017
Farm automation has been progressing along, just like uses of smart
machines in other industries, but agbots may now be getting an extra
boost. Apparently President Trump’s crackdown on illegal border
crossings has decreased the supply of foreign pickers, so farmers are
looking more favorably at tech solutions. The transition would have
happened anyway, but immigration enforcement is speeding it up a bit.
Not only are there are robot weeders, pickers and cultivators, but cows can now walk into an automated milker when they feel the need.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Convincing big U.S. dairy owners to buy robots to milk their cows – and reduce the farmhands they employ – used to be a tough sell for Steve Fried. Recently, his job has gotten easier, he says, in part because of President Donald Trump.
“I get calls on a daily basis and it typically starts with, ‘I don’t want to deal with this labor headache any more’,” said Fried, sales manager for Lely North America, which makes robotic dairy milking and feeding systems.
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Not only are there are robot weeders, pickers and cultivators, but cows can now walk into an automated milker when they feel the need.
...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Convincing big U.S. dairy owners to buy robots to milk their cows – and reduce the farmhands they employ – used to be a tough sell for Steve Fried. Recently, his job has gotten easier, he says, in part because of President Donald Trump.
“I get calls on a daily basis and it typically starts with, ‘I don’t want to deal with this labor headache any more’,” said Fried, sales manager for Lely North America, which makes robotic dairy milking and feeding systems.
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