Modern farms are increasingly automated—from GPS-controlled combine harvesters to machines that shake apples from trees. One task, though, seems stubbornly resistant to being ceded to robots: picking ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University researchers received $6 million in grants to automate one of the most laborious and costly jobs in vineyards and apple orchards. Each year, fruit growers spend ...

Texas, California, France, and other wine regions in the Northern Hemisphere are picking grapes. Which is better — hand-picked grapes vs. those grapes harvested by a machine? Those who pick their ...

Researchers have developed a robotic “hand,” resembling a claw, to pick blackberries. Their aim is to eventually automate blackberry harvest to help growers who face rising labor costs and a shrinking ...

Carter Evans has served as a Los Angeles-based correspondent for CBS News since February 2013, reporting across all of the network's platforms. He joined CBS News with nearly 20 years of journalism ...