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To: Red Badger
Agricultural robotics will be a huge growth industry over the next decade, dramatically increasing crop yields, lowering costs, and improving food quality and safety.

This technology was for many years held back by the ready availability of cheap foreign labor, but even without crackdowns on illegal immigration this shift was inevitable.

16 posted on 06/01/2018 1:46:25 PM PDT by AustinBill (consequence is what makes our choices real)
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To: AustinBill; Harmless Teddy Bear

Just imagine the cost savings in insecticides and herbicides. A robot will pull weeds and inspect for insects all day and all night......................


19 posted on 06/01/2018 1:50:50 PM PDT by Red Badger (When Obama and VJ go to prison for treason, will Roseanne get her show back?...)
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