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To: Cold Heart
A California grape grower has pulled up all his grapes and replanted them with grapes that can be picked by machine.

He will employ 1/10th the labor.

Interesting. Do you have a link for that?

88 posted on 08/28/2007 11:06:33 AM PDT by TenthAmendmentChampion (Global warming is to Revelations as the theory of evolution is to Genesis.)
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To: TenthAmendmentChampion

I forgot where I read that. I do remember the vinyard mananger saying he had employed forty people and would now employ 4.

An on line article that goes further in depth on the mechanization is at http://researchfrontiers.uark.edu/628.htm
That article says 50 to 70% labor savings. It also says that merlot grapes produced a better wine when compared to hand cultivation.


94 posted on 08/28/2007 11:58:23 AM PDT by Cold Heart
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