Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; or cleaning, grading, sorting, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities.
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Caterpillar's Monarch acquisition accelerates farm labor automation
The heavy machinery giant's purchase of a self-driving tractor startup signals a massive acceleration in agricultural automation. This consolidation means autonomous farming equipment will soon reach global scale, threatening traditional farming jobs.
USDA Launches AI Testing Network to Automate Agriculture
A new federal initiative will test AI-driven agricultural technologies aimed at cutting costs and boosting efficiency. This signals a government-backed push toward farm automation that could significantly reduce the need for manual agricultural labor.