AI Goes to Work

摘要

Smart-tractor manufacturer Monarch Tractor has moveda pair of its fully electric, driver-optional tractors to Wente Vineyards, the nation's oldest, continuously operated family winery. The Monarch tractors represent the California-based manufacturer's first commercial deployment of its innovative tractor,now in development for more than two years."We've always been interested in new technologies, especially those that contribute to our sustainability," Niki Wente, a fifth-generation grower, tells DTN/ Progressive Farmer. She is the vineyard and viticulture manager for the family operation, founded in 1883. The business includes 2,600 acres of vineyards in California's Livermore Valley and Monterey appellations.