ROBOTS AND DRONES: FARM WORKERS OF THE FUTURE?

摘要

The agricultural industry is experiencing labor shortages in various parts of the United States today, and some growers and producers are turning to robots and drones to help keep their farms and greenhouses viable. Immigration policies advocated by President Donald Trump are exacerbating a labor shortage in many regions of the country, particularly California, which is also driven in part by the strengthening of the Mexican economy. The Bank of Mexico recently adjusted upward its forecasted GDP growth in Mexico for 2017 from 1.5-2.5 percent to 2-2.5 percent. In the U.S., farmers in many areas are already dealing with a labor shortage and have expressed concern that migrant workers from Mexico and Central and South America are less willing and more fearful of coming north of the border.