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Farmers facing labor shortages due to tighter immigration policies are increasingly turning to advanced agricultural technology, specifically fruit-picking robots and high-tech tractors. These innovations are designed to automate tasks such as harvesting premium wine grapes and processing lettuce. Notably, a new machine capable of picking apples and sorting them by color is set to enter the market soon, highlighting the rapid evolution of agricultural automation.

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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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