Canada has the potential to boom as an agricultural economy but it is limited by labor and a lack of technology adoption, according to a new report from the Royal Bank of Canada. An article about the report appeared in the Calgary Herald earlier this week: Agriculture could boom in Canada, but it’s being held back by labour shortage, tech gap: RBC report
Sounds like Canada faces very similar issues to what we have here in the states. Large parts of the U.S. economy are driven by agriculture and our industry depends on developing a skilled and reliable agricultural workforce. That future workforce must come from a diversity of sources: our existing but shrinking rural population, by attracting people from our growing urban population into agriculture, and yes, from immigration.
Last, as I was walking on the Cornell campus today I saw a robotic lawnmower in operation on steep hill. There is an operator on the sidewalk below who appears to be monitoring the machine. Just another bit of evidence that robots are on the way. I thought many of you would appreciate this video clip.
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By Richard Stup, Cornell University. Permission granted to repost, quote, and reprint with author attribution.
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