LODI, Calif. - Roaring up and down the rows of ripe pinot grigio grapes, the mechanical picker is a model of efficiency. Slim rods grip the vines and shake vigorously, sending grapes tumbling into the ...

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, ...

Robotic devices such as lettuce thinners and grape-leaf pullers have replaced so many human hands on U.S. farms in recent years that many jobs now held by undocumented workers may not exist by the ...

Competition for workers from construction and cannabis firms worry local vineyard managers as the 2018 harvest gets underway. Under a cloudly marine layer, workers were out Thursday morning at ...