AgribusinessA two-day tour of the Salinas Valley and Bakersfield found California's fruit and vegetable growers squeezed by compliance costs that have risen 1,366% in under 20 years, overtime rules that cut workers' hours, scarce labour, and cheaper competition from Peru and Mexico.
Cameras and algorithms continuously adjust ground speed, head speed, head pinch and belt and fan speeds towards goals the operator sets with two sliders; the system is available on 2027 Oxbo blueberry harvesters.
AgribusinessAlejandro Gutierrez-Li of North Carolina State University says H-2A guest workers keep specialty-crop farms in business while a federal court ruling on wage rules and the end of temporary protected status for Haiti and Syria show how policy swings expose growers.
AgrotechA whitepaper from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers describes assist-, advise- and act-level artificial intelligence in agricultural equipment, and argues that responsibly deployed AI strengthens farm resilience and food security.
