The tipping point for many Willamette Valley growers came in 2013 when wine grapes remained on the vine because there were simply too few people in the labor pool to pick fruit. Labor shortages have ...

LODI, Calif. (AP) — Roaring up and down the rows of ripe pinot grigio grapes, the mechanical picker is a model of efficiency on a bright harvest day. Slim rods grip the vines and shake vigorously, ...

In the span of a little more than a decade in the late 1800s, New Mexico went from producing 16,000 gallons of wine to producing nearly 1 million gallons of wine, making the state fifth in the nation ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. The need for mechanical harvesters in Tasmania is growing as the scale of properties get bigger and ...

Robotic machines to pick everything from strawberries to apples are being tested and could one day help ease the farm labor crunch. Another agricultural technology in development involves small robot ...

As the grape harvesting season continues, trucks are delivering grapes to wineries — but the loads carry more than just grapes, which is why infield grape sorters are growing in popularity. Up to 7 ...

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