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, ...

Surrounded by shiny new tractors, Carl Capps spends most days talking about horsepower, hydraulics and transmissions. He paid little attention to anti- and pro-immigration activists. Then the ...

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 ...