Robots May Become Essential on US Farms

September 6, 2007 By JACOB ADELMAN, Associated Press Writer Robots May Become Essential on US Farms (AP)

This undated image provided by Ramsay Highlander, Inc., shows company technicians operating a mechanical harvester on a lettuce field in the Imperial Valley near El Centro, Calif. With authorities promising tougher border tactics, farmers who rely on immigrant labor are eyeing an emerging generation of fruit-picking robots and high-tech tractors designed to do everything from pluck premium wine grapes to clean and core lettuce. (AP Photo/Ramsay Highlander, Inc. )

(AP) -- 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.



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