[AT] OT robot apple pickers

[Brian VanDragt]

My Grandpa was a fruit farmer here in southwest Michigan until the mid 70's.  He had migrant workers from Arkansas, and during WWII, German POW's picking fruit.  What killed the apple industry here was that cheaper transportation brought Washington apples to our markets (Chicago). The WA apples look nicer, but don't taste as good, but people buy them based on looks.  I still have the John Deere AO that he bought new in 1952.

Brian

On January 11, 2020 at 4:39 PM James Peck < jamesgpeck at hotmail.com mailto:jamesgpeck at hotmail.com > wrote:

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>     The area I grew up in lost many of its apple orchards due to Washington state which harvests apples with immigrant labor. Will robot apple harvesters bring back apple growing nationwide?
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>     https://www.agequipmentintelligence.com/articles/3529-kubota-invests-in-us-harvesting-robot-maker
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