mechanization

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Public- and private-sector researchers have experimented with mechanization for decades, but progress has been slow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

In California’s wine country, mechanization means grapes are now mostly picked by machines.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025

John Deskins, director of the West Virginia University Bureau of Business and Economic Research, said 75% of West Virginia’s coal jobs were disappearing before coal production dropped because of mechanization.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 11, 2023

The population drain continued as increased mechanization of farming reduced the need for farm laborers and other types of industry fled the region.

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2023

But mechanization wasn’t Duke’s only weapon in the struggle for market dominance.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson