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Farmers facing labor shortages due to tighter border controls are increasingly turning to technology, specifically fruit-picking robots and advanced tractors, to maintain productivity. These innovations are designed to handle various tasks, such as harvesting premium wine grapes and cleaning lettuce. Notably, a new machine is set to launch that can pick apples and sort them by color, showcasing the rapid advancement in agricultural automation. This shift highlights the industry's adaptation to labor challenges by integrating high-tech solutions.
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With authorities promising tighter borders, some farmers who rely on immigrant labor are eyeing an emerging generation of fruit-picking robots and high-tech tractors to do everything from pluck premium wine grapes to clean and core lettuce. [continued]
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Anyone remember the coffee commercials with Jaun Valdez and the bag on his back. There is now a machine to take his place.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3655174431792902327&q=coffee+harvesting+machine&total=2&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

There is even a machine about to hit the maket that can pick apples and sort them by color.
 
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