More farms are turning to automation amid labor shortages

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By Ayurella Horn-MullerOct 28, 2024, 4:45 am155 pts
Jeremy Ford hates wasting water. As a mist of rain sprinkled the fields around him in Homestead, Florida, Ford bemoaned how expensive it had been running a fossil fuel-powered irrigation system on his 5-acre farm — and how bad it was for the planet. Earlier this month, Ford installed an automated…

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