I learned a lot from that article, especially the part describing how the machine works - all the operators do is feed the transplants to a conveyor belt and the machine plants them at the correct spacing. I think there's been a lot of advancement since 1988 - fewer workers. In the article, a six-row machine takes 13 workers - the tractor driver and two on each row planter. Now they just have one operator on each row.
What I'm most interested in, though, is the nursery aspect of producing and handling the transplants.
Thanks for the info. Jack
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